The Daily Bruin

Please take a few minutes to submit your November time sheet (support staff) or time-off report (administrators) to your supervisor right away. As always, please be sure it is complete, accurate and signed by both you and your supervisor before sending it to HR at Box 6108. If your supervisor is not available to sign it, please send a copy to HR and keep the original until it has been signed. These documents are available on the HR website.

Thanksgiving holidays note: No hours should be recorded for the Nov. 27 and 28 holidays on the staff time sheet unless an employee worked those days.

Student supervisors, please submit your students’ November time sheets to HR right away. Please be sure the student’s name is legible on each one and use the new cost center numbers. Also, don’t forget to sign the time sheet, and be sure the students do as well.

If the student is not available to sign it this week, please send it without the signature; HR will hold the check until the time sheet is signed. If a student delivers his or her own time sheet to HR, it must be in a sealed envelope, a Federal Work Study regulation.

The university’s engineering department will present its fifth annual “Wobble-Off” from 3 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, in the Ron Gregory (EHS) Atrium.

Come and enjoy this demonstration of freshman engineering students’ first project – an exciting variety of oscillating steam/air-operated engines. The event highlights the students’ first-year studies in engineering design, solid modeling, and machining — and showcases the creative and impressive results of their design-build projects.

The students’ engines will compete in a variety of categories, including maximum speed, minimum vibration, maximum coast, cost efficiency and creativity/craftsmanship.

The University Store wishes to congratulate the door-prize winners at the first fall Exodus event.

Stacy Dexter: $15 iTunes gift card
Jordan Weiss: $15 iTunes gift card
Jenae Knierim: George Fox CamelBak bottle
Jeremy Phillips: Glass picture frame
Brian Leyrer: George Fox sweatshirt
Bryan Rupp: 2GB iPod Nano
Nate Radmacher: George Fox diploma frame

And the grand prize winner of an 8GB iPod Touch: Dania Behrens

Congratulations to all the graduating seniors who attended the Exodus event.

A Faculty Teaching Forum, “Putting the fun into teaching fundamentals,” will be presented by Kris Kays (Psychology) from 3:40 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, in Hoover 104 (Hoover Library).

A synopsis: Is it important to have fun in the classroom? Yes, but the functions, which are numerous, have to be well thought through. Join our conversation on how to use fun effectively in instruction. Refreshments will be served. No R.S.V.P. is required.

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.

Please encourage your freshman, sophomore and junior students to consider applying for the SCORR Conference, a student congress on racial reconciliation scheduled Feb. 27-28, 2009, at Biola University in La Mirada, Calif.

The application deadline is 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9. George Fox’s Multicultural Services will award $2,500 in scholarships to current students who show leadership potential and want to actively engage in racial reconciliation on campus.

According the organizers, the annual conference convenes with the purpose of “glorifying God by empowering students to better face the challenges existing on their campuses, in their communities, and in society at large through multi-ethnic awareness and engaging in the active process of racial reconciliation.”

The event focuses on the needs of students from diverse ethnic backgrounds who currently attend Christian colleges and universities. Students have the opportunity to meet one another, fellowship, dialogue and pray together for a weekend. You can read more at the SCORR website.

More information is available by contacting Shelley Yonemura (Multicultural Services) at syonemur@georgefox.edu or ext. 2318. The application is available online at this site.

The Murdock Learning Resource Center will close at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26, for the Thanksgiving holiday. The MLRC will reopen on Sunday, Nov. 30, with hours from 6 to 10 p.m.

Join the Department of Performing Arts for the last Students in Recital presentation of 2008. Come see what this semester’s music students have prepared from 12:40 to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, in Bauman Auditorium.

The Department of Performing Arts will present its Christmas concert, “O Holy Night!,” Friday through Sunday, Dec. 12-14. The concert features more than 175 musicians from five ensembles in the main-stage performance, and preconcert music featuring six of the university’s chamber ensembles.

Three presentations are scheduled:

Two on-campus performances in Bauman Auditorium
Friday, Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)
Saturday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)

Off-campus performance at Village Baptist Church in Beaverton
Sunday, Dec. 14, 2:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 2 p.m.)

Additional information about the concert program or the performing arts department is available by contacting Debbie Hawblitzel (Performing Arts) at ext. 2620.

Ticket information
All faculty, staff and students receive one free ticket that can be picked up at the box office in the University Store. Additional tickets may be purchased in person at the box office or by calling the office at ext. 3844. Tickets also are available at music.georgefox.edu. Tickets are $10 for adults; $8 for seniors and George Fox alumni; and $6 for students and children.  The concert features reserve seating, so if you have a favorite seat, make sure you save it now.

You are  invited to attend the artist talk and opening reception for the “Shift” art exhibit featuring paintings by Biola University’s Dan Callis. The artist talk begins at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25, in Hoover 102, followed by the opening reception in Minthorne Gallery from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Just a reminder from the university’s Safety Committee: Be careful out there. On-the-job injury accidents have skyrocketed this year. Three lost-time or restricted work duty accidents within a week have pushed the total number of injuries this year above last year’s total.

An accident is easily avoided if you are attentive and cautious when walking on wet floors or just about anywhere outdoors, especially this time of year. And be careful to always use proper bending and lifting techniques. You can find more good information about preventing slips, trips and falls at this site.

Be safe at work and at home. Take care to carve your turkey, not your thumb, and have a happy Thanksgiving.

– Dan Schutter (Plant Services)

The University Store will close early (5 p.m.) on Wednesday, Nov. 26. It will reopen at 8 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 1. All the bookstore employees wish you a safe and happy Thanksgiving break.

The university community is invited to George Fox’s annual Christmas celebration on Saturday, Dec. 6. Following is a schedule of planned activities.

6:15 – 6:45 p.m.

• Christmas carols and candlelight devotional service at the Centennial Clock Tower

6:30-8:30 p.m. (in Stevens Center, Hoover, EHS atriums)

• Photos with Santa
• Craft activities
• Cookie decorating
• Live entertainment
• Refreshments

6:30—8:30 p.m. (in Stevens Center parking lot)

• Horse-drawn wagon rides
• Bonfire
• Hot cocoa

Seminary dean Chuck Conniry will speak at the university’s auxiliary luncheon at noon Friday, Dec. 5, in the Cap and Gown Room. Reservations are required, and tickets are $7.50 per person. Conniry will present a report on the seminary and share his vision for the future. To make reservations, contact Abigail Crisman at 503-554-7404 or Louise Clarkson at 503-538-2850 by Tuesday, Dec. 2.

With Thanksgiving rapidly approaching, our Bon Appetit staff would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a wonderful holiday with their families and friends.

For those students remaining on campus over the four-day holiday, Klages Dining Room will be open with limited hours:

Wednesday, Nov. 26
Dinner         4:30-5:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 27
Brunch         10:30-11 a.m.
Dinner          4-4:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 28
Brunch         10:30-11 a.m.
Dinner          5-5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 29
Brunch         10:30-11 a.m.
Dinner          5-5:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 30
Brunch         10:30-11 a.m.
Dinner          5-7 p.m.

Both the Bruin Den and Villa Cafe will close at 2 p.m. on Wednesday and reopen on Monday, Dec. 1.

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, Wednesday, Nov. 26, is the last business day of the month, making it our November pay day.

Having an early pay day is nice, but it does mean a five-week stretch before our next pay day, which, despite the Christmas and New Year holidays, is still Dec. 31.

This Monday, Nov. 24, the Liberal Arts and Critical Issues program will host 42 senior exhibits on different aspects of Islam and the West from noon to 3 p.m. in EHS and Hoover. For more information, contact Caitlin Corning (History) at ext. 2637 or ccorning@georgefox.edu.

Each year, the Department of Performing Arts presents a Christmas Concert allowing you to experience the Christmas story. This year’s presentation, “O Holy Night!,” is scheduled Friday through Sunday, Dec. 12-14. The concert features more than 175 musicians from five ensembles in the main-stage performance, and preconcert music featuring six of the university’s chamber ensembles (note preconcert time changes from previous announcements).

Three presentations are scheduled:

Two on-campus performances in Bauman Auditorium
Friday, Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)
Saturday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 6:30 p.m.)

Off-campus performance at Village Baptist Church in Beaverton
Sunday, Dec. 14, 2:30 p.m. (preconcert music begins at 2 p.m.)

Additional information about the concert program or the performing arts department is available by contacting Debbie Hawblitzel (Performing Arts) at ext. 2620.

Ticket information
All faculty, staff and students receive one free ticket that can be picked up at the box office in the University Store. Additional tickets may be purchased in person at the box office or by calling the office at ext. 3844. Tickets also are available at music.georgefox.edu. Tickets are $10 for adults; $8 for seniors and George Fox alumni; and $6 for students and children.  The concert features reserve seating, so if you have a favorite seat, make sure you save it now.

The Orbis Cascade Alliance, in conjunction with Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), is finalizing work on the new Summit catalog. Summit is the system for ordering books and media from other academic libraries in Washington and Oregon.

On Monday, Dec. 1, the catalog will have a new look and functionality. With one search, this new catalog will allow you to discover materials from both the Summit system and the WorldCat catalog. The service will remain the same, but there will be some changes. Many of these changes are expected to be temporary as we migrate to the new system.

For your convenience, we have listed many of these changes on a link off the library homepage. If you have any questions, be sure to ask a library staff member or a librarian. The library is excited to bring you better searching and discovery tools.

To learn more, read an FAQ on the Summit catalog at the Orbis Cascade site.

A copy of Grandma Zula’s Legacy is now available for staff and faculty to check out. Please stop by the Office of Student Life, located on the third floor of the Stevens Center, to check out the DVD. The film is a documentary about racism, community service and activism during the 1940s-’70s in Portland.