The Daily Bruin

Are you interested in attending a professional health program after George Fox? Are you pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, pre-veterinary, pre-physical therapy, pre-optometry or pre-pharmacy? Get informed on what it takes to get into a professional health program. The topics covered at a meeting this Thursday, Oct. 27, will include admission requirements, the application process and resources available to you at George Fox.

The meeting will take place in EHS 102 at 5 p.m. If you have any questions, please contact Vetta Berokoff at vberokof@georgefox.edu. If you are unable to attend but consider yourself a pre-professional health student, please contact Vetta so that you can be added to the pre-professional health student contact group.

Faculty, please tell your pre-professional health students about this meeting.

Looking for some good deals and discounts on cool stuff? You’re in luck: Students and employees on the Newberg campus are eligible to receive the Bruin Card, a discount card you can use at 15 local businesses.

If you’ve received your Bruin Card, be sure to use the card as many times as you’d like until it expires on Aug. 31, 2017! Not only will you be getting great savings on your purchases, you’ll be supporting local businesses. Just show your card when you make your purchases.

Don’t have a Bruin Card yet? Pick up a card at the Information Desk on the first floor of the Stevens Center.

We hope you’re looking forward to the opportunity to step away from daily tasks to refresh and renew yourself at our fall staff conference tomorrow (Wednesday), Oct. 26, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Canyon Commons (101-103).

Join us for worship and a workshop with our guest speaker, Doreen Dodgen-Magee, a psychologist from Portland who has 22 years of experience working with individuals and groups. She presents material that is fascinating and sobering in a way that is absolutely captivating.

Continental breakfast and lunch are included. Please contact Peg Hutton (phutton@georgefox.edu) if you have food allergies. Please remember to avoid wearing perfume or aftershave for those who have severe allergies and sensitivities.

All staff (non-administration, non-faculty) are required to attend unless you have VP approval; direct your absence approvals to Lisa Burton (lburton@georgefox.edu).

Program provided by your Staff Development Committee.

Please take a few moments to answer this short 10-question survey about last Thursday’s “Shake Out” test. Your participation will help us to improve our notification systems and planning for next year’s “Shake Out.”

Thank you for your help.

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Today (Tuesday) is the day! Join your colleagues at all-employee lunch in Canyon Commons. Lunch is $3 per plate and will be served between 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. See you there!

There are only a few days left to see the current George Fox University history exhibit in the Stevens Center. There are artifacts and pictures from the founding of the college to more recent events. On Friday, we will be installing a new exhibit of objects from the George Fox museum collection.

If you have questions about the university’s archives, please contact Rachel Thomas (rthomas@georgefox.edu). If you have questions about the museum collection, please contact Caitlin Corning (ccorning@georgefox.edu).

Sign up to carry a flag representing a cultural heritage of personal meaning to you at the Tuesday, Nov. 15, chapel service, in honor of International Education Week. Click this link to sign up by Monday, Nov. 7.

A brief dress rehearsal will be held in advance of the Nov. 15 chapel in Bauman Auditorium (chapel begins at 10:50 a.m.). All carrying flags will be required to attend.

Questions? Contact Hongyang Yin (hyin13@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Join us for our final Bruins LEAD event on Thursday, Oct. 27, to hear softball coach Jessica Hollen speak on “How to Manage Team Conflict.”

You don’t have to be an athlete or coach to be part of Bruins LEAD. It is simply an opportunity to develop your leadership skills. We will take basic leadership concepts and spend one hour diving into details of how to develop responsible and respected leaders. The session meets from 8:40 to 9:40 p.m. in Lemmons 8.

While some of the content may be specific to athletics and teams, we feel strongly that every person will end up working in a team at some point in their lives, and this information can be relevant for everyone on campus.

If you were unable to attend the first series of sessions, join us this week! Snacks will be provided!

Questions? Contact Kelsea Meyers at kmeyers13@georgefox.edu.

Housing Area West (HAW) will be hosting trick-or-treating Monday, Oct. 31, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Several houses and apartments in the area will be passing out candy. Trick or treat locations will be marked outside the door with a green glow-in-the-dark alien face balloon.

Questions? Contact LaQuae Aughtman at laughtman13@georgefox.edu.

Have a “Happy HAWaween!”

It’s Quaker Focus Week! This morning (Tuesday) in chapel at 10:50 a.m. we welcome guest speaker Doreen Dodgen-Magee. She is a reluctant “geek,” spending inordinate amounts of time interacting with scholarly research, technology and pop culture around the topic of how the new digital landscape is shaping us. She is passionate about engaging people around this topic.

In Vespers Wednesday night at 7 p.m. we will be discussing Romans 9 in continuing our series “One.” Both Vespers and chapel will be in Bauman Auditorium.

Tuition Remission applications are now being accepted. You’ll notice a few changes to this year’s process, including:

• In order to better coordinate financial aid communications with tuition remission benefits, the due date for  2017-18 tuition remission requests will be Friday, Nov. 4.
• We are using a Google Doc form. Click here to access the Tuition Remission Google Doc. Paper forms are available upon request from HR. In order to utilize the electronic request form you must be logged into your George Fox email account.
• The employee submits one request form for each student (no longer three separate forms for undergraduate, ADP and graduate).
• Supervisor, VP/provost and/or admissions signatures are not required when you initially submit the request, but Human Resources will coordinate the electronic approval process with the employee where approvals are needed.
• You will receive a confirmation, including a copy of the submitted information, by email. Please review the information for accuracy and retain a copy for your records.

Our hope is that these process improvements make it easier and less time consuming for you to utilize this valuable benefit!

Information and Resources

• Please review the updated instructions prior to completing your Tuition Remission Google Doc request form.
• For updated tuition remission information, see the top section of the Benefits, Forms & Resources page.
• For the tuition remission policy, see the Employee Handbook (starting on page 48).
• The tuition exchange information sheet explains this separate benefit.
• For assistance with tuition remission, or other employee benefits, please contact Darby Thiessen in HR at ext. 2188 or dthiessen@georgefox.edu.

Join us for the next Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation of the semester tonight (Monday), when “Christian/Muslim Relations in Oregon” will be discussed in Hoover 105. The same presentation will be made from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Guest Jan Elfers, executive director of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, will describe what EMO is doing to improve Christian/Muslim relations in the state.

The theme for this semester’s LACI series is “Islam and the West.” For more information, contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.

Do you want to share a part of your cultural or ethnic heritage with the George Fox community? Then sign up for this year’s annual World’s Got Talent show!

We’re looking for students, employees and alumni who want to showcase their talents. The event will take place on Saturday, Nov. 19, so we will be holding sign-ups the first week of November. Click here to sign up for a time slot!

If you have any questions or want more information, contact Mikaela Smith (smithm16@georgefox.edu).

The application deadline for the International Business Institute (IBI) is today (Monday), Oct. 24. Turn your application in to Annette Nemetz in Hoover 130 (Undergraduate Business and Economics Department).

HR Forms and Reports Due Dates

November

• Staff and administrator time cards & time off reports are due Friday, Nov. 4.
• All other payroll items such as temporary employee time cards, check requests, adjunct contracts and W-4 and direct deposit changes are due by 5 p.m. on Nov. 16.

December

• Staff and administrator time cards & time off reports are due Friday, Dec. 2.
• All other payroll items such as temporary employee time cards, check requests, adjunct contracts and W-4 and direct deposit changes are due by 5 p.m. on Dec. 16.

Updating Your Personal Information and Consent for W-2

Make sure your mailing address is correct for year-end reporting. You can check it, and update if necessary in MyGFU > Self Service > Campus Personal Info. You can also elect to have your W-2 available via MyGFU rather than mailed. To sign up or check to see if you already have, go to MyGFU > Self Service > Payroll and Compensation > W-2/W-2c Consent.

2016 to 2017 Vacation Rollover Date Approaching

Do you have vacation time to use before Dec. 31? You can check your balance on your last pay statement in MyGFU > Self Service > Payroll & Compensation. Administrators and staff are able to roll-over one year’s worth of accrual into the next calendar year. Remember that vacation and sick leave taken in September won’t show up until the October pay statement.

If you need assistance with your benefits or would like to request a paper copy of benefit notices or forms, contact Darby Thiessen (dthiessen@georgefox.edu) at ext. 2188.

Tickets are available for the second week of the theatre production Blithe Spirit, an English comedy of manners by Noel Coward. Come join us for a lighthearted romp into the 1940s as we witness Charles Condomine face his ghosts.

The show runs in Wood-Mar Auditorium Oct. 27-29 at 7:30 p.m., and will also include a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, Oct. 30. 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.

Synopsis: When Charles Condomine invites Madame Arcati to perform a séance as an evening entertainment for a dinner party he suddenly finds himself face-to-face with his deceased wife, Elvira … much to the chagrin of his current spouse, Ruth. Mayhem ensues when Ruth is accidentally killed and united with Elvira on the “other side.” Together, the two blithe spirits haunt their hapless husband with hilarious consequences. Join us for an evening of classic British comedy that will delight and surprise. Suitable for ages 10 and up.

Blithe Spirit is presented through special arrangement with Samuel French Inc.

See you at the show!

Doctor of physical therapy students are hosting a hair-raising “The Running Dead” 5K walk/run this Saturday, Oct. 29, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Chased by zombies through a forested trail, runners will attempt to beat the odds of survival. Costumes of all kinds (not just zombies) are encouraged, and a prize will be awarded for best costume.

The race will begin in the Roberts Center parking lot. Come join the fun by registering at this link. You can also find us on Facebook here.

Another month is wrapping up! Join your colleagues to celebrate good work done at all-employee lunch tomorrow (Tuesday), Oct. 25 in Canyon Commons. Lunch cost is $3 per plate served between 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.

The School of Physical Therapy will be offering its 1st Annual Health and Wellness Screening Clinic on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 2 to 7 p.m. in the Roberts Center, room 202. This screening clinic utilizes innovative technology to assess one’s current state of health. Screenings are free and take about 30 minutes to complete. Click here to sign up for a screening.

Direct questions to Jason Brumitt (jbrumitt@georgefox.edu).

The Department of Physical Therapy is excited to host Dr. Ruth Chimenti, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science at the University of Iowa, on Thursday, Nov. 10 in Canyon Commons room 101. Dr. Chimenti will present a topic on theoretical implications for clinical care of chronic pain patients with Achilles tendinopathy. The title of her presentation is “Application of Neurobiological Pain Mechanisms to a Chronic Orthopaedic Injury.”

Everyone is encouraged to attend this free event, ask questions, and welcome Dr. Chimenti to the university. Light refreshments will be served from 6 to 6:30 p.m., and the presentation will take place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., followed by a Q&A informal discussion time from 7:30 to 8:00 p.m.

Questions? Contact Linda Dallof at ldallof@georgefox.edu.