The Department of Religious Studies invites you to SpringFest ’09. Drop by the second floor of the Hoover Academic Building between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thursday March 5, for free food, free books and fun. There will be egg-dyeing, conversations with professors, and an atmosphere of fun. So take a break from your hectic schedule and join us.
– Religious Studies Department
In an effort to help impact current students and retain them for next academic year, we are launching a simple and focused retention project. We are looking for 200 faculty/staff to serve as a “retention coach” for six students each for the next eight weeks.
A communication plan with suggested “talking points” has been developed and will be provided to each “coach.” If you are interested in helping, please let Sarah King (Enrollment Services) know immediately. We’d like the first contact to happen this week.
Thanks,
Dale Seipp, VP for Enrollment
The Department of Performing Arts continues the busy recital season this week with exciting performances from our students. All events will be held in Bauman Auditorium.
On Wednesday, March 4, Chris Guyer, clarinet, will present a senior recital at 7:30 p.m.
On Friday, March 6, from 12:40 to 1:30 p.m., the second Students in Recital of the semester is scheduled. Then, at 7:30 p.m. that evening, pianists Kenneth Willson, Barbara Stewart, Dan Miller, Becca Couch, Bethany Taft, Joseph Forster, James Pick, Cameron DeWhitt, Allen Cassell, Andrew Payne, and Beth Sellers will present a “Multi-Piano Extravaganza.”
Finally, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, (please note the time change), Emily Yarnold, soprano, and Ashley Salisbury, mezzo-soprano, will present their junior recital.
Please join us in supporting our students. Admission is free.
Appointment times are still available with Shane Roghaar, our TIAA-CREF representative, who will be available for one-hour meetings between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. March 10 (Portland Center), March 11 (Newberg) and March 12 (Newberg). You may make an appointment with him to discuss your investments using the online reservation system. See the invitation posted on the HR/Benefits Web page.
Employees in other locations, or those who are not available at this time, may call Shane to arrange a telephone consultation at 503-452-6981.
George Fox undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply for student research funding through the Richter Scholarship program. The second round of scholarship applications are due by 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 31. The program provides stipends and supply funds for research in collaboration with a faculty member.
Please turn in applications to Carol Jaquith (Psychology) at Box 6127, or deliver to Hoover 110. For details, visit the university’s Richter Scholarship page.
Ushers are needed for the Oregon Symphony concert scheduled in Bauman Auditorium at 8 p.m. Friday, March 20. Ushers also are needed for the Worcester Cathedral Choir event scheduled for Monday, April 6. Please contact Danya Ochsner (University Relations) at ext. 2121 if you can help.
Ticket and event information on both concerts will be forthcoming in e-nnouncements.
Friday, Feb. 27, marked the advent of employees no longer receiving printed direct deposit statements. Instead, employees will be able to view (and print) their pay statements through PeopleSoft by following these simple steps:
Please note: If you have difficulty getting the self-service system to function correctly, please contact the IT service desk at ext. 2569.
This new process helps the university be a good steward of both financial and natural resources by reducing paper and envelope usage. It also will save significant time for staff in both HR and Mail Services.
Employees who are not on direct deposit will continue to receive their paychecks with statements attached through the mail. However, all employees (except student employees) are strongly encouraged to sign up for direct deposit.
The Spring Faculty Lecture, “Channeling the Inklings: A Dialogue About Writing Group Success,” will be presented by Ed Higgins, Polly Peterson, Melanie Springer Mock (Writing/Literature), and Kendra Weddle Irons (Religious Studies) from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, in Hoover 105.
The presenters will examine the use of writing groups for teaching and scholarship and discuss their group’s parallel to the Inklings, a famous English writing group that included C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien.
Friday, Feb. 27, marks the advent of employees no longer receiving printed direct deposit statements. Instead, employees will be able to view (and print) their pay statements through PeopleSoft by following these simple steps:
Please note: If you have difficulty getting the self-service system to function correctly, please contact the IT service desk at ext. 2569.
This new process helps the university be a good steward of both financial and natural resources by reducing paper and envelope usage. It also will save significant time for staff in both HR and Mail Services.
Employees who are not on direct deposit will continue to receive their paychecks with statements attached through the mail. However, all employees (except student employees) are strongly encouraged to sign up for direct deposit.
Attention student employee supervisors: February student time sheets must be in HR no later than Tuesday, March 3, so please have them hand-delivered to HR as soon as you get them. If you are not on the Newberg campus, please fax your student time sheets to 503-554-2186 and then send the originals to HR in campus mail.
Also, please check to be sure all of your students have submitted their time sheets to you and follow up with any that have not. And, as always, we appreciate you checking for the following:
Reminder: If a student delivers his or her own time sheet to HR, it must be in a sealed envelope to comply with Federal Work Study regulations.
Thanks very much.
– Human Resources
Chapel will take on a different format on Wednesday, March 4. Spiritual Life is hosting its annual Faculty Journeys chapel at various locations on campus. This is an opportunity to hear from a faculty member of your choice about their personal spiritual journey. Chapel credit is available and worship singing will take place at each venue. Below are the faculty members and venues where they will be sharing:
Kathy Heininge, Stevens 209
Dwight Kimberly, Lemmons 8
Ron Mitchell, EHS 102
Sue O’Donnell, Hoover 105
Byron Shenk, Stevens 207
Join us at 10:40 a.m. Wednesday at any of these locations.
All employees are invited to attend the Grandma Zula’s Legacy film presentation from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Monday, March 2, in Stevens 101. Please R.S.V.P. to Joel Perez (Student Life) at jperez@georgefox.edu if you plan to attend.
The George Fox vs. Corban softball doubleheader originally scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 26, in Salem has been moved to Friday, Feb. 27, at the Bruins’ Morse Field in Newberg. The first pitch is scheduled for noon. Corban’s field, which has no tarp, was deemed unplayable due to the recent wet weather.
For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926.
How do we engage our students on ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic, and gender diversity? A Faculty Teaching Forum, led by Melanie Hulbert (Sociology), will explore the ways in which we can successfully and boldly incorporate diversity issues in our curricula and classroom environments.
The session will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, in Hoover 104 (Hoover Hatfield Library). To reserve a lunch e-mail Jere Witherspoon (Student Life) by 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3. 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.
The University Store will be receiving a shipment of “Perfect Season” T-shirts — commemorating the women basketball team’s 25-0 regular season — on Thursday, Feb. 26. The shirts will go on sale in the afternoon for only $9.99. Make sure to get yours before the game on Thursday night.
Go Bruins!
– Andy Dunn (University Store)
Parents of George Fox students will gather at the Newberg campus and in homes along the West Coast to pray for the George Fox University community from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 14. We are gathering prayer requests that will guide this time of prayer.
If you have a prayer request that you would like to be remembered in prayer, please send your request to the Office of Spiritual Life at spirituallife@georgefox.edu. If you would like the request to be anonymous, please indicate so in your e-mail. Please e-mail your requests by this Friday, Feb. 26.
Beginning Monday, March 2, the Mail Services courier will be delivering to the Salem campus on Mondays and Thursdays each week. Service to the Portland Center will continue each day Monday through Friday.
Items for the Portland or Salem campuses must be brought to University Mail Services by 9:45 a.m. and clearly labeled to show the intended recipient or department.
“Oregon Field Guide” filmed a segment on hummingbird flight bio-mechanics and energetics for Oregon Public Broadcasting. The episode features our very own Don Powers (Biology) along with Bret Tobalske, his research collaborator.
The segment will air on OPB TV at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, and again at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, March 1. The segment is entitled “Hummingbirds aren’t just fun to watch, scientists are discovering they still have a lot to learn from them.”
Shane Roghaar, our TIAA-CREF representative, will be available for one-hour appointments between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. March 10 (Portland Center), March 11 (Newberg) and March 12 (Newberg). You may make an appointment with him to discuss your investments using the online reservation system. See the invitation posted on the HR/Benefits Web page.
Employees in other locations, or those who are not available at this time, may call Shane to arrange a telephone consultation at 503-452-6981.
Eligible employees should be receiving a customized packet from Sun Life with information about our new voluntary life insurance benefit. You must have been here at least a year and working three-quarters time or better to be eligible. Please be sure to return your enrollment forms to HR by March 16.
Sun Life will be on campus to present this new benefit to you and to answer questions at the following dates and times:
This is your opportunity to sign up for the benefit without having to show proof of good health. Employees in other locations will hear soon about long-distance info sessions.
