The first staff lunch of the year is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, in the Cap and Gown Room. Come and enjoy food and fellowship with each other as we build community together. Cost is $3 per person.
It’s time to order Bruin Directories. Please submit one order for your entire department. You can place your order at http://tinyurl.com/bruindirectoryform. Questions? Contact Rob Leslie at rleslie06@georgefox.edu.
“Where do I Fit? Finding Your Piece of the Puzzle” is the theme of this year’s Staff Development Conference, scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at Family Life Church in Newberg. This will be a fun-filled day of learning and serving together. All staff members are expected to attend. Watch your campus mailbox for more information.
Lon Fendall (Center for Global Studies/Center for Peace and Justice) will be signing copies of his book Stand Alone or Come Home: Mark Hatfield as an Evangelical Progressive from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, at Chapters Books on First Street in downtown Newberg. The event will be a part of the evening’s Art Walk activities.
If you have a copy of The Shack that you are willing to loan to students, please send it to Box 6164 or drop it off at the Spiritual Life House (corner of Sheridan and Meridian). We are using The Shack as our campus book club book and need copies to lend out. We will do our best to return the copy to you, but cannot guarantee it.
Thanks for your help!
Office of Spiritual Life
The university community is welcome to hear Jon Talbert, a stand-up comedian and pastor, perform at 9 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, in the Foxhole. Jon has performed in Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle and throughout the United States. The event, sponsored by the Office of Spiritual Life, includes free food.
Academic Resource Center (The ARC)—New Location, Same Services
The Academic Resource Center (aka “the ARCâ€) opens Monday, September 8, in its new location on the second floor of the Murdock Learning Resource Center (aka “the libraryâ€).
Come in to work on your writing, get ideas for more effective learning, or for regular academic coaching meetings. Hours are from 1:00-10:00 p.m. Monday-Thursday, and noon-4:00 p.m. on Friday.
Call ext. 2327 (or 503-554-2327), email the_arc@georgefox.edu, or go to arc.georgefox.edu for more information.
Read. Write. Learn…Better.
Up to three temporary administrative assistants are needed to work through January 2009 in enrollment services departments on the Newberg campus as the staff continues working hard on the PeopleSoft implementation. Each position will work an average of 20 hours per week. If you know of someone who might be a good fit for these jobs, please have the person(s) contact HR by e-mail (hr@georgefox.edu) or phone (554-2185).
The university is looking for a full-time, temporary custodian to work at the Portland Center through September, possibly longer. The work schedule for this position is 5 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. If you know of someone who might be interested in this job, please have the person(s) contact HR by e-mail (hr@georgefox.edu) or phone (554-2185).
This Friday, Sept. 5, is the last day to return books (unless you’re dropping or switching a class). It is also the last day for the University Store’s textbook price-matching program. Store hours on Friday are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The university will celebrate its 10th annual Serve Day on Wednesday, Sept. 10. More than 1,500 students and employees will fan out into local communities to assist a record 72 sites with everything from painting, weeding and cleaning projects to visiting the elderly.
All students and employees will meet on the Newberg campus quad at 8:20 a.m. and depart for work sites in Washington, Yamhill, Clackamas, and Multnomah counties at 9 a.m. The groups will return to campus by 4 p.m., at which time the day will conclude with a volunteer fair and campus-wide celebration that will feature a country fair theme. All George Fox participants also are invited for a complimentary dinner served by the Bon Appetit.
Among the carnival activities planned are a mechanical bull ride, a three-legged race, face painting, a bean-bag toss, a basketball throw, balloon animals, and more. The event will include about 20 nonprofit volunteer booths, 20 church booths and 20 student activity booths.
The schedule for the day is as follows:
7:30-8:20 a.m. – Continental breakfast for everyone on campus
8:20 a.m. – Kick-off celebration on the Centennial Clock Tower Lawn and welcome by former President Dave Brandt
9 a.m. – Groups meet at numbered stakes on lawn and depart for service site
Lunch – With your group at the service site (employees either bring your own lunch or fill out order form online)
4 p.m. (approximate) – Participants return to campus and volunteer, church and activities fair begins
4:30-7 p.m. – Serve Day celebration dinner and fun
The theme for this year’s event is “Celebrate!†and is based on Philippians 4:4-5: “Celebrate God all day, every day. I mean, revel in him! Make it as clear as you can to all you meet that you’re on their side, working with them and not against them.â€
For more information on the day, visit serveday.georgefox.edu.
The Serve Day committee needs your help for the evening carnival on Wednesday, Sept. 10. If you would be willing to help run a game booth for one hour, please contact Debby O’Kelley, Karen Henry, Terri Crawford or Danya Ochsner. The shifts you can choose from are 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. or 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Please take a few minutes to submit your August time sheet (support staff) or time-off report (administrators) right away. The work to ensure that the HR and payroll modules of PeopleSoft go live at the end of September is ramping up, and having these as early as possible to process will be very helpful.
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. The link on the HR website for these documents is http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/hr/forms.html. If your supervisor is not available to sign it by Sept. 5, please send a copy to HR and keep the original until it has been signed.
Thank you,
Human Resources
Be sure to bookmark the Bon Appetit website to view weekly menus in the Klages Dining Room as well as daily specials in the Bruin Den. Check it out at cafebonappetit.com/georgefox.
With Burel Ford’s departure, the university is seeking someone to work 30 hours per week through June 30, 2009, to direct multicultural services and provide support to students. This position is being announced internally only (via this e-nnouncement) and will not be posted on the Human Resources website. If you are interested in this position, contact HR (hr@georgefox.edu) for a copy of the job description and a transfer request form. If you know someone (not a George Fox employee) who might be interested, please have him or her contact HR.
The Staff Development Committee is hosting a non-food pantry drive for Love INC from Sept. 1 through Oct. 23. The drive collects items not covered by food stamps. Please watch for a card in your campus box listing the items needed, buy a few of these things, and donate them by dropping them in the brightly decorated barrels located in lobbies on the Newberg and Portland campuses.
Thank you,
Staff Development Committee
Burel Ford (Multicultural Services) has accepted a position as director of the Multicultural Student Center at Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Flagstaff, Ariz. Please join us in giving Burel a proper George Fox farewell on Monday, Sept. 1, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Office of Student Life on the third floor of the Stevens Center.
A George Fox Auxiliary luncheon is scheduled for noon on Friday, Sept. 5, in the Cap and Gown Room. President Robin Baker will speak on some of the university’s plans and changes for the upcoming year and introduce some of the new administrators and faculty members.
The price is $7.50 per person, and reservations are required. To reserve a spot, contact Louise Clarkson at 503-538-2850 or Abigail Crisman at 503-554-4404.
Please note the meal times for this orientation weekend. Bon Appetit will resume normal hours of service starting Monday, Sept. 1.
Friday, Aug. 29
Breakfast: 7:30-9 a.m.
Lunch: Noon-1:15 p.m. (on quad)
Dinner: 5-6 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 30
Breakfast: 8:30-10 a.m.
Lunch: Noon-1:15 p.m.
Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m. (on quad)
Sunday, Aug. 31
Breakfast: 8:30-10 a.m. (continental)
Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Breakfast and lunch in Cap & Gown Room: Enter through Dishroom
Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m. (outside by library)
Orientation banquet for new students: 5-7 p.m.
A memorial fund has been established to assist the family of PsyD student Shanda Holmes, whose 15-year-old son, Zach Lindsay, was killed in a sand cave-in accident at Dash Point State Park near Federal Way, Wash., earlier this week. The family would like to distribute 100 copies of the book The Shack to those who attend Zach’s memorial service. Contributions to the book fund may be sent to Newberg Foursquare Church, 115 W. 3rd St., Newberg, OR 97132. Write “Zach book†in the memo line.
