The Daily Bruin

If you know someone whose contributions have been above and beyond in the past few weeks, please send an email to Lisa Burton (lburton@georgefox.edu) by the end of the day Monday, April 10, with a summary of this colleague’s recent contributions and any other information that makes this person deserving of this award.

The Executive Leadership Team will select the recipient from the nominations submitted, and the winner will be honored with a citation and a $100 gift card at our community meeting later this month.

Congratulations again to Andrew Fleming and Kaitlyn Ragan, who were our employees of the month for March!

Join us for the final brown-bag sessions of the spring …

Recording and Editing Media
Want to dig a little deeper into producing media for instruction? Colleagues will share tools and strategies.

• Thursday, April 6, 4-5 p.m., Newberg MLRC Study Room 112
• Friday, April 21, noon to 1 p.m., Newberg Lemmons Center Room 4
• RSVP here

Digital Fluency Institute Faculty Show-and-Tell
Come help us celebrate with DFI Cohort 2016-17 faculty as they give a show-and-tell on instructional strategies they have explored this year.

• Tuesday, April 11, 11 a.m. to noon, Portland Center South Room 160
• Thursday, April 13, 4-5 p.m., Newberg Roberts Center Room 168
• RSVP here

Questions? Contact Gloria Doherty at gdoherty@georgefox.edu.

David Nammo, executive director of the Christian Legal Society, will speak on campus Wednesday, April 5, on the subject “Is Religious Liberty Still Threatened in the Donald Trump Era?”

The talk will be from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 206 and is open to the public.

Join us for our first event as we launch the George Fox Business Leadership Society! We are honored to hear from Jessica Williams, founder of the Superwoman Project (superwomanproject.com), TEDx Talk speaker and life coach.

Here are the details:

When: Thursday, April 13, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Portland Center

The evening will include heavy hors d’oeuvres, door prizes, networking and much more!

This is free for George Fox employees, but please register at this link ahead of time.

Questions? Contact Ashley Walker at awalker@georgefox.edu.

Please join us as we wish Ginny Birky congratulations and retirement blessings from George Fox! Join us for her reception between 4 and 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 17, in Roberts Center 117.

Hors d’oeuvres will be served. Hope to see you there!

Over the past year, Mail Services has made significant changes to employee box numbers. If you are using a list for inter-campus mail that was printed more than three months ago, please update your list.

You can access the updated Employee Extension/Box List here. The list is updated often, so check back regularly for the most up-to-date edition.

Questions? Contact Barbi Doran at bdoran@georgefox.edu.

Join us for our first event as we launch the George Fox Business Leadership Society! We are honored to hear from Jessica Williams, founder of the Superwoman Project (superwomanproject.com), TEDx Talk speaker and life coach.

Here are the details:

When: Thursday, April 13, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Portland Center

The evening will include heavy hors d’oeuvres, door prizes, networking and much more!

This is free for George Fox employees, but please register at this link ahead of time.

Questions? Contact Ashley Walker at awalker@georgefox.edu.

Do you know of a deserving senior who demonstrates outstanding services as a servant leader on campus or in the community? You can honor that person and the activity of voluntary service by nominating him/her for the C.W. Perry Servant Leadership Award.

The trustees of the Barney II and Moore Foundations have established the C.W. Perry Servant Leadership Award at George Fox University to reward leadership in the area of community and ministry service.

Only seniors (graduating in April 2017) are eligible for award consideration. Up to four $1,000 awards will be given annually. Each award recipient will be required to set aside $250 of this gift to the charitable organization of his or her choice. The remaining $750 will be distributed to the award recipient in the form of a cash award.

The aim of this award is to promote the ideals of servant leadership in the George Fox community. In order for your nominee to qualify, this nomination form MUST be received by Monday, April 3.

If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie St. Cyr or call 503-554-2306. Click this link to go to the nomination form.

Do you have flat feet? The physical therapy program is conducting research on flat feet that looks at the affects of exercise on arch height. Participants will be asked to follow a foot exercise routine for eight weeks. There is a monetary incentive for completion of the program.

Please contact Marcey Keefer Hutchison at mkeeferhutchison@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2454 if you are interested in participating in our study.

Join us for our first event as we launch the George Fox Business Leadership Society! We are honored to hear from Jessica Williams, founder of the Superwoman Project (superwomanproject.com), TEDx Talk speaker and life coach.

Here are the details:

When: Thursday, April 13, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Portland Center

The evening will include heavy hors d’oeuvres, door prizes, networking and much more!

This is free for George Fox employees, but please register at this link ahead of time.

Questions? Contact Ashley Walker at awalker@georgefox.edu.

Hello everyone! The Coast to Coast Swing Club will be hosting a live swing dance on Sunday, April 9, and everyone is invited!

It will be from 6 to 9:30 p.m. in the Wheeler gym. We’ll have snacks and water provided, so bring your friends, bring a date, bring everyone because it is going to be blast! Hope to see you all there.

If you have a questions, please contact Michael Rooney (mrooney14@georgefox.edu).

All Newberg, Portland, Salem and Redmond offices will be closed this Friday, March 31, for the spring break holiday. The Newberg and Portland libraries and bookstores also will be closed.

The university’s human resources department is proud to announce the official launching of Applicant Pool, an applicant tracking system. Some key features are an online application for employment that can connect to a LinkedIn account, a requisition system (replaces the approval-to-recruit process in MyGFU), and a platform for hiring managers to share applications with a search committee that tracks comments and candidate status.

For step-by-step instructions on how to log into Applicant Pool and start a requisition, email Kera Hallman at khallman@georgefox.edu. We welcome your feedback!

Four staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency, they are:

• Head Men’s and Women’s Swimming Coach
• Events Coordinator, Department of Advancement
• Data Manager, Undergraduate Admissions
• Nurse Practitioner/Physician’s Assistant

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at this link. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

The university’s theatre department invites you to our third show of the season, Deus Ex Millennia, set to open next week! Come join us as we explore ways in which millennials encounter God and seek grace in the midst of untidy endings.

The show runs April 6-9 and again April 12-14, with all performances taking place in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Shows start at 7:30 p.m. with the exception of the Sunday, April 9, matinee, scheduled for a 2 p.m. start.

Student tickets are free Thursday, April 6, and Wednesday, April 12. It’s recommended you pick up your free ticket in advance online (select “GFU Student” in the drop-down ticket menu). You may also bring your student ID to the door to gain admission.

Employees are entitled to one complimentary ticket. You may pick up that ticket (select “GFU Employee” in drop-down menu), purchase additional tickets and read a synopsis of the play here.

Contact Kathy Harris (kharris@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

Want to volunteer your lunch hour on Monday, April 10, to help with mock interviews for the career class GEED 216?

We’re looking for a small group of faculty and other employees to engage in a fast-paced, round-robin mock interview format to help prepare 28 students for upcoming interviews. Questions will be provided; no experience necessary!

It will be held from noon to 12:50 p.m. in Canyon Commons 103. Email Colleen Sump at csump@georgefox.edu if you are interested.

We invite you to view the new features that will be available in August 2017 with our FoxTALE Upgrade. (We will keep you posted as soon as the exact date is available.) See the preview of all new features here, which includes links to short video demos.

Our top picks:

• Restore Deleted Content with Recycle Bin Video (1:33)
• New Grading Page in Assignments Video (2:08)
• Pinned Forum Discussions Video (1:28)
• New Theme – Boost Video (2:19)

We’re also offering webinars where we will demonstrate all the new features. You can also sign up for our End of Semester Open Labs, where you can drop in to work on your FoxTALE course sites (Faculty Sign-up Form).

Visit the FoxTALE for Faculty webpage for guides and resources. For questions or assistance using FoxTALE, please contact the IT Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2569.

– Your Educational Technology Team

Come celebrate Joel Schutter’s eight years of service today (Wednesday) from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Plant Services break room. His last day will be Friday, March 31, but before he goes we want to thank him for his service to the university.

In honor of the university’s 125th anniversary, George Fox employees are invited to a special reception at the Oregon State Capitol on Monday, April 17.

The event will take place from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Senate Chamber Lobby of the capitol building, located at 900 Court St. N.E., in Salem. Please R.S.V.P. to Mary Monahan (mmonahan@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2115) by Tuesday, April 11, if you plan to attend.

Later in the month, the university will  host its own anniversary celebration on Saturday, April 29, at 6:30 p.m. in Canyon Commons, at which former presidents David Brandt, Tom Johnson and David Le Shana will be in attendance. Contact Mary by April 12 to R.S.V.P. for that event.

Both events are free to attend.

Wheeler Fitness Center Spring Break Hours:

• Tuesday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Wednesday – Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Sunday, 1 to 7 p.m.