A new, state-of-the-art rock wall is being proposed to the Associated Student Community to be built. It would be located next to Wheeler, where the third racquetball court was to be constructed, overlooking the amphitheatre. We are trying to get feedback on what you think about the proposal to build this rock wall. Please take less than five minutes to fill out this survey at surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=KCBKykf1utPQmg7pRasoUA_3d_3d
Student supervisors, we need your students’ January time sheets to HR as soon as you get them. Please check to be sure all of your students have submitted their time sheets to you. Time sheets must be received no later than Tuesday, Feb. 3.
Please be sure the student’s name is legible on each one, and also include each student’s ID number and the cost center number. Also, don’t forget to sign each time sheet, and be sure the student did as well. (If the student left without signing it, please send it to HR anyway. Do not send students to HR to sign time sheets.)
Reminder: If a student delivers his or her own time sheet to HR, it must be in a sealed envelope, as per Federal Work Study regulations.
Thanks very much.
– Human Resources
Learn about the issue of racism in Portland through the film Grandma Zula’s Legacy at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, in EHS 102 (note room change) on the Newberg campus. Meet the film’s creator and producer through a talkback discussion.
Please come a few minutes early to enjoy munchies and get a seat. Free for all students.
We have discovered that the leave accrual balances showing on pay statements this month are not correct. The current monthly accrual was not added, and the year-to-date totals did not start over with the new year. With the rush to produce W-2s, we have not yet found an answer why, but be assured that we are aware of the problem and will get it fixed for you. Thanks for your patience!
– Human Resources
George Fox Evangelical Seminary and Shapevine are co-hosting “Recalibrating Concepts of Church” from 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, in Bauman Auditorium.
Authors Len Sweet, MaryKate Morse, Frank Viola, Alan Hirsch, and Dan Kimball will discuss their books and engage in conversation with each other and the audience. Lance Ford will moderate. Online registration is available at seminars.georgefox.edu. An optional $15 roundtable dinner and book-signing event is scheduled afterwards from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
When sending an order via e-mail to Print Services, you are now able to send it directly using Print Services’ e-mail address. Several employees are aware of this and have been using it, while others have always sent orders directly to Elizabeth Holme. Due to the quantity of orders now coming by electronic transfer, the two e-mails have been separated.
To send a work or supply order to Print Services, use printservices@georgefox.edu. To send “other†communications, use Elizabeth’s e-mail (eholme@georgefox.edu). Both e-mails are checked throughout the day.
“Thy Kingdom Come” missions week is scheduled on the university’s Newberg campus Feb. 2-4. Leroy Barber, president of Mission Year, will speak, and the theme of the week is “Where is the Love?”
Schedule
Monday, Feb. 2
Chapel with Leroy Barber, 10:35-11:30 a.m.
Movie showing of Ordinary Radicals, with an introduction by Leroy Barber
9 p.m., Hoover 105
Tuesday, Feb 3
Evening session with Leroy Barber,
9 p.m., Hoover 105
Wednesday Feb 4
Chapel with Leroy Barber, 10:35-11:30 a.m.
Missions Faith: Learn how you can get involved, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Cap and Gown Room
Let all that you do be done in love: 1 Cor. 16:14
George Fox student designers will showcase their fashion creations as their models strut down the runway at a fashion show in the west end of the Student Union Building at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28. No entry fee, but donations are welcome. Dress to impress; no jeans please.
Along with your Jan. 30 direct deposit statement (or paycheck), please watch for your 2008 W-2 in your mail Friday, Jan. 30. Most of the information on these forms is easy to understand or explained in the fine print on the reverse, but we thought it would be helpful to provide a little extra information.
Items in Boxes 12a through 12d are required by IRS. The amount (if any) in Box 12a labeled “C” is the taxable cost of your group term life insurance paid by the university in 2008. (This amount was also included in your pay as taxable income in 2008.) The amount (if any) in 12b labeled “E” is the contribution you made to a supplemental retirement plan beyond the 3 percent that the university matches.
Box 14 shows the amount of your contribution to the university-sponsored retirement plan and is labeled “403B,” which is the IRS code/section assigned to our plan. This represents 3 percent of your pay from the time you began participation.
Employees (and their tax preparers) often ask why the amount in Box 1 is different than the amount listed in Box 3 and 5. Because any contributions you made to the retirement plan(s) are not subject to income taxes, those amounts (shown in 12b and 14) are not included in Box 1. However, those contributions are still subject to Social Security and Medicare (FICA) taxes, so they are included in the amount shown in both Box 3 and 5. If you add the amount in Box 1 to any amounts in Boxes 12b and 14, the total will equal the amount in Box 3 and 5.
You may find this information boring and/or confusing, but we recommend you save and keep it in a safe place, along with your W-2, so you will have both when you (or your tax preparer) files your tax return.
Finally, big kudos and many thanks to Brooke McGillivray, Melodee Powers and Tory Cole for their extra efforts to get these 2,300 W-2s out ahead of the legal deadline. Processing these for the first time in PeopleSoft created some extra challenges and extra work.
Oregon income tax booklets and forms are available in the hallway at Mail Services. The orange booklet is for part-year resident/nonresident and the blue booklet is for full-year resident. There are no federal forms or booklets available at Mail Services. They are only provided online.
Where did racism take place in the 1940-’70s? Was it just in the South? Have you ever heard the stories from Portland? Expand your knowledge with an exciting film and discussion with the producer and filmmaker.
The university is hosting another showing of the film “Grandma Zula’s Legacy” at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, in Stevens 208. A documentary about racism, community service and activism, the film includes anecdotes from those who actually lived the struggle and arose triumphant.
According to a Chronicle Review article by Tim Clydesdale, “Today’s students know full well that authorities can be found for every position and any knowledge claim, and consequently the students are dubious (privately, that is) about anything we claim to be true or important.†Given our students’ unprecedented access to information, often accompanied by ambivalence toward authority, what changes might faculty and administrators make to better engage our students?
This will be the topic of a Faculty Teaching Forum, “Wake up and Smell the New Epistemology,” from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, in Hoover 104 (Hoover-Hatfield Library). You are welcome to join in this discussion facilitated by Patrick Allen (Provost). If you would like to read the article “Wake up and Smell the New Epistemology†ahead of time, visit this FoxTrax site.
To reserve a lunch, e-mail Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) by 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 2. 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 at the “Events and Resources†link on the Center for Teaching and Learning website.
Marketing Communications is hosting two studio photo shoots for faculty and staff on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 11-12, in Cap and Gown Room A. Wednesday’s session is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Thursday’s studio time is set from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
These high-quality studio portraits will be used on the university website and will be available for professional promotional use. To sign up, call Marcom’s main number at ext. 2139 or e-mail news@georgefox.edu. Drop-ins are welcome, but appointments will be given priority.
Volunteers are needed to help set up and run the first home track meet of the season on Saturday, Feb. 28. Please contact head coach John Smith (jsmith@georgefox.edu) if you are interested in helping out.
This is a reminder to pick up your free ticket for the play “Portraits of Courage: African Americans You Wish You Had Known,” scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, in Bauman Auditorium.
The presentation portrays six African Americans — Ida B. Wells, Lewis Latimer, Colonel Young, C.J. Walker, Bass Reeves and Fannie Lou Hamer — who were influential to the development of America but are typically overlooked in the history books. There will be a discussion afterwards.
Students and employees may pick up their complimentary ticket at the University Store. Outside community members may purchase tickets at a rate of $8 for adults, $6 for seniors/alumni, and $5 for students with ID. Tickets may be purchased in person at the bookstore or by calling 503-554-3844. The play features reserved seating starting at 6:30 p.m.
More information about the play is available at willandcompany.com/poc/index.shtml.
Various students and alumni will be hosting a workshop for those interested or who have questions about pursuing a career in theatre beyond George Fox. It is scheduled from 7 to 8:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, in Ross 208. Admission is free, and snacks will be provided.
Join Alpha Psi Omega Saturday, Jan. 31, for the culmination of its 24-Play Festival. In a period of 24 hours, George Fox students will write, direct, act, and produce three plays. Come celebrate our theatre students’ work at 7 p.m. in the Wood-Mar Auditorium. Admission is free.
Faculty members, please encourage your students to attend an APA style workshop from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, in Hoover 102. The workshop will cover the basics of APA style for citations and references. Students need only bring a writing utensil and an engaged mind to this hands-on workshop.
The e-nnouncement posted Jan. 26 had the wrong hire date range for the 10-year awards. It should have read: To receive a 10-year award, your hire date is between Sept. 2, 1998, and Sept. 1, 1999.
Employees slated to receive a 10-year award on May 4 are: Lionel Johnson, Margaret Fuller, John Smith, Blair Cash, Nancy Thurston, Mary Olson, Susan Newell, Mark McLeod-Harrison, Dave Hansen, Jeff Duerr, Mike Campadore, Wayne Adams, Missy Terry, Peg Hutton, Denise DeCicco, Robin Baker, Brad Weldon, Mark Carlton, Claudia Hirsch, Karlyn Fleming, Sean McKay.
Based on the corrected date range, please contact Peggy Kilburg (Human Resources) by e-mail if you believe your name should be on the list for 10-year awards; or, conversely, if you believe your name should not be on the list.
Friday, Jan. 30, 6 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Whitworth, Wheeler Sports Center
Friday, Jan. 30, 8 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Whitworth, Wheeler Sports Center
Saturday, Jan. 31, 4 p.m. – Women’s basketball vs. Whitman, Wheeler Sports Center
Saturday, Jan. 31, 6 p.m. – Men’s basketball vs. Whitman, Wheeler Sports Center
Please note that Saturday games are two hours earlier than usual to allow for Whitman travel time that night. All four games will have KFOX radio, live video streaming, and LiveStats available online. Visit the Bruin athletics home page or basketball teams’ home pages for links to each.
For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926.
