The Daily Bruin

Marketing and Communications has scheduled photo sessions for faculty and staff who wish to update their pictures on the university’s website. In Newberg, sessions are scheduled Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 15-16, from 2 to 4 p.m. both days. Photos will be taken at the River Street House, located at the base of the Stevens Center.

For Portland Center employees, a photo session is set from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, in PDS 296.

Employees who have not updated their photos recently are encouraged to participate. There is no need to R.S.V.P. or sign up.

The Department of History and Political Science invites all faculty to attend lectures by three political science faculty candidates. They will be speaking on their various research topics. The lecture schedule is as follows:

Jonathan Eastvold: Tuesday, Jan. 8, 3:45 p.m., Stevens 101
Doug Haugen: Thursday, Jan. 10, 3:30 p.m., Stevens 101
David Meyer: Monday, Jan. 14, 2:30 p.m., Hoover-Hatfield Library

Elvis has returned and Bon Appetit will be celebrating his birthday in its very own Heartbreak Hotel – Klages Dining Room – from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8. If you’ve never had a fried peanut butter and banana sandwich – an Elvis favorite – this is your chance. Non-board students, staff, and faculty pay $7.75 at the door.

This is a reminder about the price-matching program the University Store offers on textbooks during the first week of classes each semester. Take your printed information to the textbook annex in the basement of the library between Jan. 7-11. The guidelines:

• The price-matching program runs during the first week of each semester only.
• The online price must include shipping cost.
• Book must be in stock and state they are available for shipment.
• ISBN’s must match (we can only match a price on identical items).
• Pricing can only be compared new to new and used to used. Used online prices cannot be compared with new bookstore prices.
• We can only match pricing with online stores, not clubs like Books-a-Million or auction sites like eBay or half.com.
• Only United States-based online stores

Complimentary tickets are available for the Build, Remodel & Landscape Show at the Portland Memorial Coliseum.

Dates: Jan 25-27, 2008
Times: Friday, noon – 9 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Website: homeshowcenter.com

Interested? Contact Missy Terry (Academic Affairs) via e-mail or at ext. 2101.

The Fitness Center will be closed Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 5-6. It will reopen Monday, Jan. 7, at 6 a.m.

Friday., Jan. 4 – Women’s basketball vs. Pacific Lutheran, 6 p.m.

Men’s basketball vs. Pacific Lutheran, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 5 – Women’s basketball vs. Puget Sound, 6 p.m.

Men’s basketball vs. Puget Sound, 8 p.m.

All games will be played in Miller Gym in the Wheeler Sports Center.

If you anticipate having guests coming to visit the Newberg campus, please call (ext. 2090) or e-mail Security Services (nkincaid@georgefox.edu) so we can e-mail you a Visitor Parking Permit template you can customize for your visitors. You can then e-mail it to them in advance, and they can print it out and arrive with it on their car dashboard. You can also attach a campus map so they will know where to park.

By checking with us in advance of your visiting guests, we can then check the daily schedule and advise you on the best place for them to park. This will save them a trip to our office to procure a Visitor Parking Permit, and will help us to better know who is on campus for what event. Call ext. 2090 if you have further questions.

– Security Services

The city of Newberg is planning another Community Emergency Response Team training program. If you, or anyone you know, is interested in taking this series of training classes, beginning in February and ending in April, please plan on attending an introductory one-hour orientation/discussion at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, at the Newberg Fire Department – Springbrook Station (3100 Middlebrook).

The meeting will introduce the CERT program, confirm that at least 10 students are interested, and decide on what days/evenings the 10-class sessions will be conducted. For more information, contact City of Newberg Emergency Manager Roger Gano at 503-554-7706.

If you have not already done so, please submit your December time sheet (support staff) or time off report (administrators) this week.  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. A reminder for completing time sheets: Do not write any hours on the dates marked holidays unless you worked any of the holidays (Dec. 24, 25, 26, and/or 31).

After nine and a half years at George Fox, Belinda Pilcher (President’s Office) will be leaving to accept an office manager position at Riverspirit Wellness Center, an acupuncture and nutritional care facility in Newberg. She joined the university in 1998 as an administrative assistant in the Humanities office and has served as executive assistant to the president since June 2003. Her last day will be Friday, Jan. 4.

Please join Belinda and other colleagues from 3 to 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4, in the Stevens Center lobby for a farewell reception.

– Human Resources

With Belinda Pilcher’s upcoming departure, there is an opening for executive assistant II to provide administrative support to President Robin Baker.

The position has been posted on the university’s website. Go to jobs.georgefox.edu and click on the support staff jobs link to see the full position announcement. This position will be open to internal applicants at least through Friday, Jan. 4.

Please contact Human Resources to request a Transfer Request form if you are interested in applying for this position.

All undergraduate students are required to confirm enrollment before classes begin each semester. Returning students can confirm online via the My Data tab in Bruindata starting Jan.2, 2008, through 5 p.m., Jan. 6, 2008. Returning undergraduates who do not complete this process online must do so in person at the Stevens Center from 2-5 p.m., Sunday, January 6.New students will be required to confirm in person on January 6, 2008, as listed on the orientation schedule.Suggested times for in-person confirmation:

A-G: 2-3 p.m.

After nine and a half years at George Fox, Belinda Pilcher (President’s Office) will be leaving to accept an office manager position at Riverspirit Wellness Center, an acupuncture and nutritional care facility in Newberg. She joined the university in 1998 as an administrative assistant in the Humanities office (later Writing/Literature and Communication Arts) and has served as executive assistant to the president since June 2003. Her service to the university is very much appreciated, and she will be missed. Her last day will be Friday, Jan. 4.

Please join Belinda and other colleagues from 3 to 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4, in the Stevens Center lobby for a farewell reception.

– Human Resources

George Fox’s Newberg, Portland, Boise, Redmond, and Salem sites will close for the Christmas holiday Monday, Dec. 24, through Wednesday, Dec. 26. Thursday and Friday, Dec. 27-28, are not paid holidays, so those taking them off need to use vacation time.

The university also will close for the New Year’s holiday Monday, Dec. 31, and Tuesday, Jan. 1. Undergraduate classes resume Monday, Jan. 7, while some graduate programs resume classes the first week of January. For Newberg and Portland library hours during the holiday break, visit library.georgefox.edu.

As of Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008 the cost for renting university vans will be increased to $.50 per mile.

Miller Gymnasium will be completely closed from Thursday, Dec. 20, through Wednesday, Dec. 26, for painting.

The University Bookstore will host a price-matching program during the first week of classes, Jan. 7-11. Price matching is held at the textbook annex in the basement of the library. Here are the details:

Price-Match Program Guidelines

• Price-matching program runs during the first week of each semester only

• The online price must include shipping cost

• Book must be in stock and state they are available for shipment

• ISBN’s must match (we can only match a price on identical items)

• Pricing can only be compared new to new and used to used. Used online prices cannot be compared with new bookstore prices.

• The store only can match pricing with online stores, not clubs like Books-a-Million or auction sites like eBay or half.com

• Only United States-based online stores

The University Store will be receiving large shipments of textbooks during the next three weeks. Please do not park in the library loading dock or along the service road (between the tennis courts and Edwards dorm), as trucks need the space to back into the dock. We are sometimes charged extra fees if trucks are not able to use the loading dock or are delayed by us having to find drivers to move their vehicles. Thanks for your help with this during our busy time.

– University Store

Employees are invited to attend an all-campus meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, in Hoover 105 (please note location change). The meeting will provide employees an opportunity to receive campus updates, be involved in planning processes, and dialogue with President Robin Baker. Your participation is strongly encouraged.