The Daily Bruin

Bruins LEAD is back! This is open to anyone and everyone who wants to become a better leader. Snacks will be provided!

Join us tonight (Tuesday) as assistant softball coach Jim Bray shares with us. Sessions meet on Tuesday nights from 8:40 to 9:40 p.m. in Hoover 105.

Here is the remaining schedule for the semester:

• Oct. 3: Jim Bray, assistant softball coach
• Oct. 17: Katie Mastropaolo, head women’s lacrosse coach
• Oct. 24: Kevin Kopple, assistant baseball coach and director of game management

Questions? Contact Kelsea Meyers at kmeyers@georgefox.edu. Both students and employees are welcome!

Grab a snack, your laptop (or tablet) and your curiosity and join us for some Digital Fluency Institute brown-bag events. Colleagues will share how they are using digital tools in instruction.

Screencastify
Brent Weaver and Robin Ashford share how they produce instructional videos using Screencastify, a free screencasting app.
Dates/Locations: Friday, Oct. 13, noon to 1 p.m., MLRC Library Study Room 114 with Brent Weaver;
Tuesday, Nov. 14, 11 a.m. to noon, Portland Center Library Study Room 133 with Robin Ashford
RSVP

Producing Quality Audio in Instructional Videos
Dawn Ford demonstrates how to step up audio quality when we record instructional videos.
Date/Location: Friday, Oct. 20, noon to 1 p.m., Lemmons 4
RSVP

Pecha Kucha and Kahoot
Gary Tandy shares how his students present with Pecha Kucha and learn while they play in Kahoot.
Date/Location: Friday, Oct. 27, noon to 1 p.m., MLRC Library Study Room 114
RSVP

VoiceThread
Gary Sehorn teaches graduate online classes, and he will share his experience with VoiceThread, including how his students work in small groups and how they build VoiceThread portfolios.
Date/Location: Friday, Nov. 3, noon to 1 p.m., MLRC Library Study Room 114
RSVP

Zoom in Instruction
Learn from Laura Simmons and Anderson Campbell on how to teach using Zoom during snowstorms.
Dates/Locations: Friday, Nov. 17, 1:30-2:30 p.m., MLRC Room 020 with Anderson Campbell;
Tuesday, Dec. 12, noon to 1 p.m., Portland Center Library Study Room 133 with Laura Simmons
RSVP 

Questions? Contact Gloria Doherty (gdoherty@georgefox.edu).

The George Fox theatre department opens William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream later this month. Come join us for one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies.

The show runs in Wood-Mar Auditorium Oct. 19-21 and Oct. 26-28 at 7:30 p.m., and will also include a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, Oct. 29. All George Fox employees receive one free ticket. Reserve your seat online and bring your George Fox ID with you to show at the door. You may also purchase additional tickets online. Tickets are also available for pick-up at the box office in the Bruin Store (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.).

For more information, visit this page. See you at the show!

We are so excited to welcome Trisha Welstad this morning (Tuesday) in chapel. She will be kicking off our next series, “Finding Your Voice.” In addition, we’ll have Bill Jolliff leading our time of worship. This will be a wonderful chapel time that you will not want to miss. We’ll meet at 10:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium.

Hope to see you there!

All sweatshirts are 25 percent off now through Oct. 9 at georgefoxbruinstore.com. This site was launched to broaden our gift and apparel assortment, so feel free to check out the entire online store when you shop.

Keep in mind this site is separate from the Bruin Store website and the above offer does not apply to Bruin Store merchandise. If you have any questions, please contact Michael Simmons at msimmons@georgefox.edu.

Go Bruins!

The Fall Staff Conference is set for this Thursday, Oct. 5, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Our speaker this year is Cynthia Ulrich Tobias. Cynthia’s successful career of 30-plus years has included work as an educator, a police officer and a business owner.

Cynthia is a bestselling author of 13 books, a featured guest on radio and television, and a popular presenter for businesses, government agencies, churches and schools throughout the U.S. and the world. She is the mother of twin sons, now young adults, and she lives with her husband Jack in the Seattle area.

“The Way We Work” participants will learn how to recognize their personal learning styles and how to develop effective strategies for communicating with virtually anyone.

Required staff attendance unless you have VP approval; direct absence approval requests to Peg Hutton at phutton@georgefox.edu.

Student Life invites you to attend a special session, “Real Conversations: A Student Life Symposium on Suicide Awareness & Prevention.”

Here are the details …

Date: Thursday, Oct. 12
Time: 4:30 to 5:45 p.m.
Location: Canyon Commons 101-102-103

Speakers: Bill Buhrow, dean of student services and director of Health and Counseling Services; Luann Foster, licensed psychologist, Health and Counseling Services

Sponsored by:

• Residence Life and Housing
• Commuter Life
• Spiritual Life
• Intercultural Life
• Health & Counseling Services

Contact Jere Witherspoon (jwithers@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

Tuition Exchange applications for the 2018-19 academic year are now open. Employees who have dependents eligible for 100 percent tuition remission may apply for tuition exchange at participating universities.

Check your email for more information or contact Janelle Freitag at jfreitag@georgefox.edu.

Students: If you brought a car to campus and have yet to register it, bring the DMV registration slip immediately to the security office to register your vehicle and avoid a $65 ticket for non-registration.

If you have a Morse or Austin permit, you need to move your vehicle to those lots today to avoid being ticketed. Commuters, you can park only on the campus side of Meridian Street between Sherman and North Street. Many of you are parking all along Meridian Street and are receiving tickets. Please save your money and use the 99W lot that is only two blocks from the quad!

If you don’t understand where your permit allows you to park, please come to the security office so we can show you on the parking map.

Employees: If you are still using an orange adjunct parking permit, those expired Dec. 31, 2016, and you need to come to the security office for an updated staff permit. If you are still using a white staff permit, those expired in 2015, and you need to register your vehicle on MyGFU in order to be issued a current staff permit.

Questions? Contact Nadine Kincaid at nkincaid@georgefox.edu.

Please join the University Advancement team to celebrate Robby Larson’s 11 years of excellent service at George Fox. Robby has been a key member of the university’s advancement efforts, serving for five years as the director of alumni relations and six years as a gift officer and director of development.

Robby has accepted the role of vice president of advancement at Multnomah University in Portland, and we want to send him off with our best wishes, support and gratitude. The party begins at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 4, in the Gregory (EHS) Atrium.

Please join us in celebrating Patti Cooke! She is retiring from George Fox’s custodial department after working for the university just shy of 24 years.

Patti’s areas of responsibility have included cleaning and servicing Ross and Bauman Auditorium as well as several areas in student housing. She has served on the Staff Development Committee and has been to every Serve Day since its inception.

Please drop in to wish Patti well at the Plant Services break room between 10 and 1130 a.m. today (Monday).

See you there!

Before you can change the world, let the world change you! Study abroad for a semester.

Want to learn more? Join us for a Study Abroad Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 4, in Canyon Commons. Come learn about your opportunities to study abroad for a semester through George Fox! Representatives from more than 10 different programs in almost 40 countries will be available for questions and information. There will also be a drawing for $500 toward study abroad fees. Everyone is welcome! The fair will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Questions? Contact Lynn Scott in the Center for Study Abroad, at lscott@georgefox.edu or ext. 2150.

Faculty, please let your students know about this opportunity.

The Fall Women’s Salad Luncheon is here! Join us today (Monday) in Canyon Commons 101-102 anytime between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Ruth Baker invites all women of the George Fox community (staff, faculty and administrators), as well as female spouses, to join us. Please come and meet the women who are new to our community and catch up with others you might not often see.

It is a come-and-go event, and Bon Appetit will be providing a lovely spread for your enjoyment. Take advantage of this time to connect and enjoy a delicious meal. There is no charge to attend.

Contact Missy Terry (terrym@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Bruins LEAD is back! This is open to anyone and everyone who wants to become a better leader. Snacks will be provided!

Sessions meet on Tuesday nights from 8:40 to 9:40 p.m. in Hoover 105. Here is the remaining schedule for the semester:

• Oct. 3: Jim Bray, assistant softball coach
• Oct. 17: Katie Mastropaolo, head women’s lacrosse coach
• Oct. 24: Kevin Kopple, assistant baseball coach and director of game management

Questions? Contact Kelsea Meyers at kmeyers@georgefox.edu. Both students and employees are welcome!

All sweatshirts are 25 percent off now through Oct. 9 at georgefoxbruinstore.com. This site was launched to broaden our gift and apparel assortment, so feel free to check out the entire online store when you shop.

Keep in mind this site is separate from the Bruin Store website and the above offer does not apply to Bruin Store merchandise. If you have any questions, please contact Michael Simmons at msimmons@georgefox.edu.

Go Bruins!

All sweatshirts are 25 percent off now through Oct. 9 at georgefoxbruinstore.com. This site was launched to broaden our gift and apparel assortment, so feel free to check out the entire online store when you shop.

Keep in mind this site is separate from the Bruin Store website and the above offer does not apply to Bruin Store merchandise. If you have any questions, please contact Michael Simmons at msimmons@georgefox.edu.

Go Bruins!

The Bruin football team is facing its first Northwest Conference opponent tonight (Saturday), when the Pacific University Boxers travel to Newberg for the only night game of the season. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. 

Parking
If you haven’t already, please be sure to move your cars out of the Bauman parking lot and the tennis court parking lot. This space will be dedicated to football fan parking, activities and vendors on Saturday. No parking will be permitted in these lots.

Tailgate Activities
Join us in the Bauman parking lot at 5:30 p.m. for pregame tailgate activities. ASC will tailgate in the Bauman lot and are encouraging all students to wear black for a student section black-out.

Entrances to the football game
There will be two entrances into the game and both are located in the Bauman parking lot, directly behind the stadium.

Wheeler Sports Center closed
The Wheeler Sports Center will be closed at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Locker rooms will close at 4 p.m., and the gym will close at the conclusion of the volleyball game. The Fitness Center will remain open for normal business hours, but you will need to enter through the hallway entrance located on the field level, toward the end of the building near the tennis courts. There will be security officers who will ask you where you are headed; just let them know that you are going to work out.

Bauman Walkway
The sidewalk located between the football stadium and Bauman will be closed. Please walk around the building and do not move the barricade.

Circle Parking Lot
The circle parking lot near Wheeler will be closed for the day. This space is reserved for officials to park in. Officials will arrive as early as 3 p.m.

Sideline Passes
No one will be granted field access without a sideline pass. Sideline passes are issued to those who are required to work and/or have official business during the game.

Tickets
Students and staff can show their ID cards at the gate to get into the game free of charge. Additional tickets can be purchased online or at the gate. Or, visit the athletics ticket website.

We hope to see you at the game at 7 p.m.!

Spring textbook adoptions are due tomorrow (Oct. 1). Timely adoptions ensure student success on a number of levels, so please finalize your required and recommended titles as soon as possible.

For how-to questions, please contact Michael Simmons at msimmons@georgefox.edu. For access to iGFU, contact Brian McLaughlin at bmclaugh@georgefox.edu, If you have specific questions related to your department, please contact your department’s administrative assistant.

Come encounter the intimate presence of God in a night of prophetic worship tonight (Saturday) between 7 and 10 p.m. in Klages 232. Feel free to come and go at any time. Our prayer for this gathering is that God’s presence will bring a breakthrough in your life and in our community.

Contact Cayla Bleoaja (cbleoaja16@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

In October you will receive information about benefit enrollment options for Tuition Remission, the Exchange Program, and Long-Term Care. We will also be conducting an important benefit survey. We will communicate the details in The Daily Bruin and in emails to benefit-eligible employees.

The Tuition Remission Application for 2018-19 will be available next week. The application will be accepted through Oct. 31 and will be in a fillable Google Doc format again this year. More information will be emailed next week!

Term Care Open Enrollment (Oct. 3 – Nov. 3): All George Fox employees are welcome to join an educational webinar on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at 2 p.m. Click here to register.

Please contact Darby Thiessen at dthiessen@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2188 for assistance with these or any of your George Fox University benefits.