The Daily Bruin

Patrick Allen (Provost) will present a Faculty Teaching Forum, “Engaged Teaching and Learning,” from 3:40 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, in Hoover 104 (Hoover library). Patrick will share thoughts about how good teachers engage their students in the learning process and the benefits of doing so. Participants will be invited to enter the conversation about experiences, resources and activities that foster student learning.

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.

If you would like to be reimbursed for driving on Serve Day, please go to georgefox.edu/offices/fin_affairs/ExpRpt.xls, download the form to desktop, fill it out electronically, print out and return it to Jere Witherspoon (Student Life) at Box 6148.

Come enjoy refreshments from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, as Lon Fendall (Center for Peace and Justice/Center for Global Studies) shares thoughts on his biography of Mark Hatfield, Stand Alone or Come Home: Mark Hatfield as an Evangelical and a Progressive. See why mixing “evangelical” and “progressive” is not like mixing oil and water. The presentation will take place in Hoover 250.

Pictures from the university’s 10th annual Serve Day (Sept. 10) have been posted on the Web. Simply go to the homepage (georgefox.edu) and click on one of the rotating Serve Day photos at the top of the page to see a collection of pictures from the day.

A Faculty Research Forum featuring Kerry Irish (History) is scheduled at 10:40 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19, in Hoover 105 on the Newberg campus. Kerry will speak on “Dwight Eisenhower’s Cross Cultural Leadership During WWII.” A question-and-answer session will follow, and refreshments will be provided. The event is sponsored by the Faculty Development Committee.

Student employee supervisors: If you haven’t already been sending the new hire paperwork for your student employees to HR, please do so right away. This includes the offer letter for returning student employees and the offer letter and completed I-9 and W-4 forms for new students that have not worked on campus before. Please send this as each student is hired rather than waiting until you have all hires for your department.

The Oct. 10 payroll has more data entry than any other student payroll of the year because new records have to be set up for all student employees. Added to that challenge this year is the fact that this will be the first payroll run in the new PeopleSoft system. Receiving this paperwork as early as possible to avoid a backlog of data entry at the end of the month will help ensure a successful payroll and pay day on Oct. 10.

Thanks to those of you that have already been sending paperwork these last few weeks.  It is much appreciated.

– Human Resources

If you wish to see your “Wanted” poster photo, taken during Wednesday’s Serve Day, or if you simply wish to see other people’s photos, visit the Serve Day website at georgefox.edu/serveday/wanted.html.

The following parking lots will be closed Friday evening through Monday morning for seal coating (black sticky tar that takes a while to completely dry) and painting the yellow stripes. Barricades will go up Friday afternoon and all cars need to be out of the lots by Saturday morning. Call Dan Schutter (Plant Services) at 503-476-4256 if you have questions.

• Wood-Mar lot, including the entrance and drive from Meridian Street (not Hoover lot)
• Meridian Street House parking lot, including Northwest Yearly Meeting area
• Macy parking lot (east side of Macy only)
• Plant Services parking lot as far as the gate and building repair service aisle (east side of building)

Note: Don’t walk on the black tar or you will likely make a mess of your shoes and track the tar on anything you walk on.

In an effort to become better stewards of God’s creation (one of the strategic planning initiatives) by saving on gas consumption, the university offered a trial four-day work week from June 16 through Aug. 15. This trial policy had the following guidelines:

1.    All offices needed to be covered from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
2.    Employees could choose to work four 10-hour days if coverage was approved by their supervisor.
3.    If approved, employees chose to take off either Monday or Friday, leaving Tuesday through Thursday to schedule departmental and cross-departmental meetings.)
4.    Overtime was only paid for hours worked over 40 in a week, not over eight in a day.
5.    The week of June 30 to July 4 was a standard, five-day week for all employees due to the holiday.
6.    It was noted that some days such as Genesis might necessitate more complete coverage for particular areas within the university.

It was understood that not every department or regional site would be able to participate and that participation would be up to the director or VP of each department or site, taking into consideration any potential service disruption to their customers.

The president’s executive leadership team is seeking feedback from employees so an informed decision can be made whether to offer the four-day work week during the academic year. All employees who worked this summer are encouraged to provide input — those who participated as well as those who didn’t, including supervisors. (If you did not work this summer, please do not participate in the survey.)

To provide this feedback, please take just a few minutes to complete the online, anonymous survey at the following link:
surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=gVvcSaN7Pa53KPd9Vb5mRA_3d_3d.

Thank you,
Human Resources

We are looking for volunteers to help build lunch boxes for Selah’s 600 participants. We will put the lunches together as much as we can from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, and then place the cold packs and sandwiches in them on Saturday from 8:15 to 9 a.m. Both lunch-building sessions will meet in the Cap and Gown Room. All volunteers will recieve $10 off their Selah registration fee.

Please contact Danya Ochsner (University Relations) at 503-554-2121 or dochsner@georgefox.edu if you are interested in helping. If you have already signed up to volunteer for Amy Lorenz (University Relations) during Selah, we would prefer that you not also volunteer for the lunch building on Saturday.

A photography exhibit featuring the work of Corey Beals (Religious Studies) will go on display in the Lindgren Gallery this week. The show opens with an artist’s talk at 4 p.m., followed by a reception from 5 to 6:30 p.m., on Thursday, Sept. 11. The exhibit is entitled “Grounded Light” and deals with the question “How do we relate to the dirt that we come from, eat from, walk on, and return to?”

The art department is liquidating five potter’s wheels at prices that make them too good a deal to share without our community first getting a chance at them. Kick wheels at $250 and kick with power assist at $350. They’ll go fast on Craigslist, so if you or someone you know would be interested, please get in touch with Mark Terry (Visual Arts) at mterry@georgefox.edu in the next week.

Here are some recycling reminders for Serve Day lunches:

• The lunchboxes are to be thrown away, not recycled
• Water bottle/pop bottle caps/lids are to be thrown away, not recycled, and must be empty/clean
• All napkins, paper cups, plastic cups, paper towels, plastic wrap and tissue of any/all kinds must be thrown away

Thank you,
Plant Services

The university’s TIAA-CREF consultant, Shane Roghaar, will be on campus on Wednesday, Sept. 17, for individual retirement plan reviews. Please sign up for an appointment online through the HR web page: georgefox.edu/offices/hr/benefits.html.

In order to accommodate the numerous visitors to campus, there is now an additional row of visitor parking in the Hoover lot. This row is marked by blue signs with arrows, and is the row that faces the security office. There is also a row for visitors directly behind the security office in the Stevens lot, also marked by blue signs with arrows. Please inform your visitors/guest speakers about these parking rows reserved for them, and leave these spaces free for our visitors.

If you work in and around the Stevens Center, we would also request that you park in the Stevens lots, or on Sheridan Street, and not in the Pennington lot that is reserved for resident west students.

Thanks,
Security Services

You will notice some changes in the Murdock Learning Resource Center this year. More computers are available in the central area of the main floor, and more comfortable chairs will be arriving soon. A color printer also has been added, and a scanner will follow in the near future.

The additions are part of a plan to create an information commons in the MLRC. The commons represents a partnership between the library, the Academic Resource Center, and Institutional Technology. In addition to improved library space for computer users, the ARC will operate out of the Special Collections Room on the library’s second floor. IT will provide evening and weekend support from student workers in the library. As part of the plan, the Computer Assisted Instruction lab, previously housed in the Stevens Center, has been closed.

The commons is designed to provide a centralized location for many related or complimentary services you need to conduct and complete research projects. Consequently, you can access and use information resources in both print and digital formats, receive help and direction from a reference librarian in identifying, accessing and using these scholarly resources, receive writing services and academic coaching from the ARC, and receive related technology support through IT.

We hope that you use and enjoy the spaces at the library.

Merrill Johnson
University Librarian

Do you have a student who is struggling in one of your classes or in their student employee job? Has a student been consistently missing your class or work? Do they appear to have gained or lost weight in a short amount of time? Has their demeanor changed or do they appear to be depressed? Are they struggling academically, socially or spiritually?

One of Student Life’s priorities is to support the academic mission of the institution by assisting students who may be experiencing various types of difficulties. The problems students encounter include poor academic performance, health problems, emotional difficulties, disruptive behavior in the classrooms or residence halls, adjustment issues, financial difficulties, lifestyle problems, and family concerns.

Every year faculty members contact us and we offer appropriate intervention so a student can find help with these issues. To get details on how we can help, visit the Student Support Network site.

Brad Lau (Student Life)

Members of the Bilal Mosque in Beaverton will present an introduction to Islamic faith and history from 4:40 to 5:30 p.m. and from 7 to 7:50 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 8, in Hoover 105. Sponsoring the event is the university’s Liberal Arts Critical Issues Program. Please contact Caitlin Corning (History) at ext. 2673 or ccorning@georgefox.edu for more information.

Following are the hours the Fitness Center will be available for use by the George Fox community. Please do not ask to use the facility during class time, as classes are large and space is limited. Thank you.

Monday and Wednesday:  6-7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 5-11 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday: 6-7:30 a.m., 9:30-10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., 5-11 p.m.
Friday: 6 a.m.-3 p.m., 5-7 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sunday: 2-6 p.m.

Note: Varsity athletic teams have priority from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. daily.

During the first week or two of school, the custodial department has a lot to keep up with. Your patience and assistance is appreciated. Please mark boxes or trash that will not fit in your waste basket as “garbage.” We will not remove anything that is not marked or in the garbage can.

If you want something cleaned that is not being done routinely, please call Custodial Services at ext. 2030 to make your request.