The Office of Student Life is distributing new copies of the “Faculty and Staff Guide to Working with Students in Distress.” You won’t miss them: they are bright orange.
Please integrate this document into your records and recycle last year’s yellow version. Questions can be directed to Jere Witherspoon (Student Life) at jwithers@georgefox.edu or ext. 2316.
Tuesday, Sept. 8, will be the last day for students to use their vouchers to charge to their student accounts in the University Store.
The seasonal flu vaccine will be available beginning Monday, Sept. 7, for those at high risk for complications from the flu, or caregivers of persons at high risk.
If you meet any of the following criteria, please call the Health and Counseling Center at ext. 2340 to schedule an appointment:
Beginning Sept. 14, the flu vaccine will be available by appointment to all other students and staff. The fee is $15. The H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine will also be available mid- to late-October (details to follow).
Provost Patrick Allen will lead a Faculty Teaching Forum titled “Classroom Practices: Three Paths to Better Teaching†from noon to 1:20 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, in Cap and Gown Room A (note different location than on academic calendar).
The session will review three “oldies, but goodies” in classroom practice: “Desirable Difficulties,” “Spacing” and “Metacognitive Monitoring,” and discuss how they can assist student learning. A recent Chronicle article suggests that they many not always be appropriate, so we will put our heads together and discuss when and where they work – and when they don’t. Inexperienced and experienced teachers invited!
To reserve a lunch, e-mail Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) by 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8. 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 be watching for your final Serve Day assignment in your in-box. They will be sent Friday, Sept. 4. If you have not received an assignment by Monday, please e-mail serveday@georgefox.edu or call ext. 2326. Thank you!
With the start up of classes, please remember that all the chairs and tables in the Bruin Den, Klages Dining Room, Cap and Gown Room and everywhere else on campus are not to be removed for any reason. These need to be left in place, as they are critical for their intended purposes.
Please contact Event Services if you need to arrange for the use of tables or chairs for an event.
This is a reminder that the University Store’s price-matching program on textbooks ends Friday, Sept. 4, at 5 p.m.
Faculty Sharing will take place from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 4, in Hoover 105. Faculty Sharing provides a time and a place for faculty members to share their ideas and opinions. Friday’s discussion will follow up on some of the topics, such as faculty review procedures or faculty governance, that the provost raised at Faculty Retreat.
Food will be served.
All regional site campuses (Boise, Portland, Salem and Redmond) will be closed on Monday, Sept. 7, in observance of Labor Day.
Come to the first Shalom of the year, scheduled for 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, in the Cap and Gown Room. Shalom is a space for creative worship and teaching from your student chaplain, Andrew Watson, and the director of spiritual formation, Rusty St. Cyr. Chapel credit is available for students. This weeks topic: “What is the Kingdom!”
Multicultural Services invites the university community to a “Coffee and Culture” gathering the first Thursday of each month. The first meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, at the Moore House (on Sheridan Street, across from the Penn parking lot).
Student speakers and guests will share their stories and things about their culture. If any students or employees would like to be a part of this or future events, contact Shelley Yonemura (Multicultural Services) at syonemur@georgefox.edu or ext. 2318.
Editor’s note: Please note correction to location information. The wrong street was posted in the original e-nnouncement about the event.
If you have not already done so, please submit your August time sheet (support staff) or time-off report (administrators) this week. Please be sure it is complete, accurate and signed by both you and your supervisor before sending it to HR at Box 6108. Be sure to include your cost center and ID numbers. You can find your Employee ID number in MyGFU and/or on your pay statement.
If your supervisor is not available to sign your time sheet by Friday, Sept. 4, please send a copy to HR and keep the original until it has been signed.
Link to the time-off report: georgefox.edu/offices/hr/Timeoffreport.doc
Link to August time sheet: georgefox.edu/offices/hr/TimesheetAug09.xls
Sign-ups for intramural volleyball and football are available on the intramural bulletin board in the SUB bookstore hallway. The deadline for sign-ups is 9 p.m. Monday, Sept. 7.
There are still openings in the MUSI 250 Beginning Guitar class. Although it is a beginning guitar class, players of various levels are welcome to come and develop their skills. The class is on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:35 to 11:25 a.m. in Ross 210. Contact Dave Iula at 503-460-7269, or by e-mail at daveiula1@gmail.com for more information. Registration for the class can be done through your MyGFU portal.
Iula also has openings for private guitar lessons (both electric and acoustic). Learn the styles you are excited about including worship, rock, blues, jazz, etc. Contact him or register via your MyGFU portal. The course is MUSA 105 GT Applied Guitar.
Come one, come all to a theatre season kickoff event at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, in Wood-Mar Auditorium. It’s open to the entire campus, so come eat some free food, catch up with old friends and meet new ones, meet faculty and shop supervisors, and hear more about the 2009-2010 theatre season. This is the event to attend if you want more information on our theatre department.
Attention all music majors, minors and enthusiasts: You are invited to hear more about upcoming George Fox music events at a meeting hosted by the university’s music education chapter at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, in the choir room. If you have any questions, just swing by the music department or send an e-mail to Nathan Casteel at ncasteel08@georgefox.edu.
Multicultural Services invites the university community to a “Coffee and Culture” gathering the first Thursday of each month. The first meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, at the Moore House (off of Fulton Street). This is a new event this year.
Student speakers and guests will share their stories and things about their culture. The atmosphere will be fun and casual and give you a chance to meet your George Fox neighbors. Additionally, if any students or employees would like to be a part of this or future events, please contact Shelley Yonemura (Multicultural Services) at syonemur@georgefox.edu or ext. 2318.
The Portland Center will host a one-hour session on biblical entrepreneurship from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 4. It will include a 30-minute presentation by Wende Jones, a BE-certified teacher, a panel discussion, and an audience Q&A with the panel.
The event will serve as an introduction to a three-day intensive course on how to apply foundational biblical principles to basic business concepts. The course, Biblical Entrepreneurship 1 (BE 1), will be hosted at the Portland Center Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 17-19. Sessions will be from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.
Online registration is available, and more information is posted on the course flier and website. Those who register by Sept. 4 receive a $25 discount.
Also, you are invited to hear about biblical entrepreneurship directly from course founder Patrice Tsague on Wednesday, Sept. 16, when he speaks at the monthly Northwest Christian Chamber of Commerce lunch meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Hayden’s Lakefront Grill, 8187 S.W. Tualatin-Sherwood Road, in Tualatin.
Bon Appetit is pleased to announce that the Bruin Den and Villa Cafe now accept credit and Visa debit cards.
In addition, remember to check out our weekly menus in our newly remodeled Klages Dining Room as well as the Bruin Den and Villa Cafe. You can get information related to our commitment to sustainability at cafebonappetit.com/georgefox.
Following is information on music opportunities available on campus.
Band
Symphonic Band: Contact Pat Vandehey if you have any questions. All students interested in band should attend rehearsals during the first week of classes (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 4:40-6 p.m.) to give them a sense of the music we will be playing. Auditions for chair placement will be held on Monday, Sept. 7, during normal rehearsal time. Audition material is posted outside of the band room door, Ross 210, and you will be able to sign up for a time slot during the first week of classes.
Jazz Band: Information about Jazz Band auditions will be released at a later time.
Choir
Women’s Chorale (Monday/Wednesday, 2:40-3:30 p.m.) and Men’s Chorale (Tuesday/Thursday, 2:40-3:30 p.m.) are non-auditioned groups of female and male singers of varying ability. Please show up to the first rehearsal to get permission to enroll in the class. Contact Gary Frame for more information.
Concert Choir (Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday, 3:40-4:50 p.m.) is an auditioned group consisting of both male and female singers. All students (including students who are auditioning) should attend the following rehearsals during the first week of classes:
Men – Monday and Wednesday
Women – Tuesday and Wednesday
Auditions for Concert Choir will be held Tuesday, Sept. 1, from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m., and Wednesday, Sept. 2, from 1 to 3 p.m. If you are interested in auditioning, pick up an information/audition packet and sign up for a time slot outside of the Performing Arts office on the second floor of the Ross Center.
Jazz Choir and Chamber Singers auditions will be held during the first and/or second week of classes, time TBD.
Other Vocal Opportunities: Private applied voice lessons with one of three instructors and voice class (group lesson), of which there are three sections, are available: Monday/Friday, 11:40 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.; Monday/Wednesday, 1:40-2:30 p.m.; Monday/Friday, 9:40-10:30 a.m. Sign up through MyGFU if you are interested in either of these opportunities.
String
Contact Kathleen Lavengood for information on our String Ensemble.
Contact Ben Brooks for information on the Chehalem Symphony Orchestra.
Small Ensembles: Contact Dick Elliot for more information.
