Scholars: Is a PhD in your future? Visit with Roger Nam of George Fox Evangelical Seminary on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the seminary fair in the Hoover lower lobby. The fair runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
See a play in the city with fellow members of the George Fox community. The Northwest’s premier Latino arts and culture organization, The Miracle Theater, will present a bilingual performance of Canta Y No Llores at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, and Multicultural Services has 20 reserved tickets. Visit the Office of Student Life (third floor of Stevens) and pay cash or check for a $10 ticket. This is half off the regular cost.
Every fall, the dead are commemorated in a lively show of dance, music and theatre in Portland’s longest-running Day of the Dead celebration. This year, in honor of Oregon’s 150th birthday, Los Muertos return singing familiar tunes that hearken back to another era when times were tough and tradition was one of the few things folks could call their own. For online info, visit milagro.org.
This is opening night and the audience is invited to stay afterward for a complimentary reception catered by a local restaurant.
For accommodations or questions, contact Shelley Yonemura, director of Multicultural Student Programs, at syonemur@georgefox.edu or stop by Student Life.
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.
Shane Roghaar, our TIAA-CREF representative, will be on the Newberg campus Oct. 27-28, with sessions scheduled in the Executive Dining Room. You may make an appointment with him to discuss your investments. See the invitation posted on the HR/Benefits web page: georgefox.edu/offices/hr/benefits.html. Employees in other locations may contact Shane to arrange a telephone consultation at 503-452-6981.
Interested in grad school? Be sure to check into any one of a number of events being offered next week:
Questions? Contact Career Services at careers@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2330.
Career Services is hosting a prep-shop and webinar on getting into grad school from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, in Hoover 210. Led by Career Services graduate assistant Chloe Lee, who has an MA and is also a PsyD student at George Fox, the event will cover using a time line for admissions; taking the grad exams; selecting grad schools; preparing a curriculum vitae, cover letter and essay; obtaining recommendations; finding financial aid; and practicing for an admissions interview.
The prep-shop will be available by webinar at that same time. Contact Career Services at careers@georgefox.edu or ext. 2330 ASAP to get on one of our lists. The webinar has limited slots and is reserved for distance School of Professional Studies audiences first, but there will be a webinar waiting list available for Newberg campus participants. The deadline to sign up is noon Monday, Oct. 12.
Bruin discount cards are here! Expect to receive them in your mailbox sometime this week. Use your Bruin discount card for great deals at Abby’s Pizza, Pogy’s Subs, Doran Automotive and more.
Working toward the goal of “fitness, friendship and fun,” Ruth Baker is initiating a walking club for George Fox women employees and spouses of men employees beginning Monday, Oct. 12. You are welcome to walk as often as you would like Monday through Friday each week.
Here is the schedule:
6 a.m.*
7:45 a.m.**
Noon*
5:30 p.m.*
*Meets on George Fox track
**Meets at North Valley Friends Church track
Choose a walking group that fits your schedule or create a new one, and feel free to bring a friend. A point person to greet and walk with others is still needed for the 5:30 p.m. group, so please e-mail Peggy Kilburg if you would like fill that need.
Occasional special walking opportunities will be offered throughout the year, including:
For more information, contact Ruth at robinandruth@comcast.net or Peggy at pkilburg@georgefox.edu.
Terry Huffman (School of Education) will present the fall 2009 Fall Faculty Lecture, “American Indian Higher Educational Experiences: Cultural Visions and Personal Journeys” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, in Hoover 105. The lecture series has been a George Fox tradition since 1955 and is hosted by the Faculty Development Committee.
Interested in experiencing life in other countries? Come to the Foxhole from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, and hear stories from George Fox GoED (study abroad) alums. Learn about GoED study-abroad opportunities the best way possible.
GoED representatives will also be in the Bruin Den Monday, Oct. 5, and Tuesday, Oct. 6, during lunch (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.). Swing by the table to chat and hear more about study-abroad opportunities in Africa, Thailand and Bolivia.
To set up a meeting to learn more, contact Charith Norvelle at Charith.Norvelle@fh.org or call 480-280-2218.
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):
Thank you.
Time is running out to sign up for our free eight-week series on improving your parenting skills. No matter what challenges your children are presenting you with, we offer practical skills for improving your effectiveness as a parent for children of all ages. Seating is limited, so e-mail us at GFBHC@georgefox.edu to sign up.
The classes, sponsored by the George Fox Behavioral Health Clinic, meet each Tuesday from Oct. 13 through Dec. 1 from 5:30 to 7 p.m., in the Villa Academic Complex (V103). Sorry, no childcare is available at this time.
Wondering how to include a citation for multiple authors in your paper? Wondering what the primary differences are between the fifth and sixth editions of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association?
The Academic Resource Center (ARC) will present a workshop on the basics of American Psychological Association (APA) style for citations and references on Wednesday, Oct. 7, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Stevens 207. Dates and times for future APA, MLA, and other workshops are listed at georgefox.edu/arc/Events.html.
As the new school year gets underway, the L’Ami staff would like to start work on the yearbook. The only problem is, there is no staff!
As the new editor, Hannah Wilcox would like to ask you as staff/faculty to help her find people who are capable and willing to work on the yearbook for this school year. If you know any students who love writing, conducting interviews, or who just want to get more involved, please encourage them to either contact Hannah at hmorse06@georgefox.edu or fill out a Yearbook Staff Application (located by the ASC offices).
Thank you for your time and cooperation.
Student supervisors, please submit your students’ September time sheets to HR right away — by this Friday, Oct. 2. If you have any “stragglers,” we will take those as late as Monday morning, Oct. 5, but there should be very few. Please deliver all other time sheets to HR by this Friday.
Please be sure the student’s name, ID number and cost center number is legible on each one. Also, don’t forget to sign them and be sure the students did as well. (If the student is not available to sign it this week, please send it without the signature, and HR will contact the student.) Please do not send students to HR to sign their time sheets.
Federal Work Study regulations require that students delivering their own time sheets must have them in a sealed envelope.
If you happen to still have any paperwork to submit on a newly hired student, please hand-deliver it right away — no later than Thursday, Oct. 1. We need to set up students in the system before the time sheets arrive.
This Oct. 15 payroll involves setting up a new pay record for every student employee, whether new or returning, so receiving time sheets and any outstanding paperwork earlier than usual will be a big help to us.
Thanks very much.
Peggy Kilburg, HR
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Question: Who attends George Fox Evangelical Seminary?
Want to learn more about George Fox Evangelical Seminary? Members of our faculty will meet you at the university’s seminary fair Wednesday, Oct. 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Hoover Atrium.
Saturday, Oct. 3, noon – Women’s Soccer vs. Lewis & Clark, Morse Field
Saturday, Oct. 3, 2:30 p.m. – Men’s Soccer vs. Pacific Lutheran, Morse Field
Sunday, Oct. 4, 2:30 p.m. – Men’s Soccer vs. Puget Sound, Morse Field
For more information, visit the Bruin athletics website at gfubruins.com or call the sports information office at ext. 2926.
Do you know a senior student who displays great servant leadership qualities? Let us know! We are looking for nominations for the C.W. Perry Servant Leadership Award. Only senior students are eligible. Please visit the following link to find out more and to download the nomination form: georgefox.edu/offices/student_life/leaddev/scholarship.html.
Please mail your nomination forms to Kristina Findley, associate dean of student leadership, by Friday, Oct. 23.
