The Daily Bruin

President Robin Baker and his wife Ruth invite employees to join the university community at this year’s Christmas concert in Bauman Auditorium on Sunday, Dec. 15.

Our time together will start at 1:30 p.m., when we will serve festive desserts, apple cider and hot chocolate in the Bauman foyer. The concert follows at 2:30 p.m., featuring the university’s Concert Choir, Women’s Chorale, Symphonic Band & Strings. The theme of this year’s concert is “Tell the Good News!”

Concert tickets are now available for pick-up at the Box Office located in Pennington House. Employees (half time and above) are entitled to up to four complimentary tickets for Sunday’s matinee performance or a single ticket for any of the other performances (at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 13-14).

Tickets are not transferable and need to be returned if they will not be used. Tickets must be picked up by Friday, Nov. 8. A limited number of tickets are available.

Box Office hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Ticket reservations will not be taken over the phone except for those at the Salem and Portland locations.

Additional information is available by contacting Mary Monahan at 503-554-2134 or mmonahan@georgefox.edu.

Join us for the Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture this Monday, Nov. 4, when Geri Mason, assistant professor of economics at Seattle Pacific University, speaks from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105. The presentation ties into our theme “State of the World.”

Mason will speak on “Microfinance in China: Challenges and Innovations,” in which she will discuss how, despite unique challenges, micro lending in China has birthed innovative solutions that have increased access to credit and other financial services for the poorest Chinese – and in turn have brightened the future of women in the country.

The same session is presented from 4:40 to 5:40 p.m.; however, it is recommended that the general public attend the evening session, if possible.

Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.

Deadlines for the end-of-month (non-student) payroll:

November and December holidays bring many things, including early deadlines for payroll data entry. Normally we must receive check requests and contracts by the 18th of the month to ensure they will be included in the current payroll, but we’ll need everything earlier for the next two months due to shorter processing time. We will include items received by these dates in the month-end payroll:

November: Thursday the 14th
December: Friday the 13th

As a reminder, we always need time sheets and time-off reports (complete and signed, please) by the 10th of every month for regular staff and administrators. Temporary and hourly paid staff should bring time sheets to HR on or before the 15th of the month for these two months.

Vacation: Use it, don’t lose it!

Please take a look at your vacation balance on your October pay statement. It will include accruals through October and vacation taken through September. Remember that you may carry 12 months of your accrual into 2014, so be sure to plan accordingly. Tables for calculating your accrual are on the Payroll Forms webpage, along with instructions for accessing your pay statement in MyGFU.

Thank you,
– HR

Wear your costume to the BlueZone Store today (Thursday) and you’ll be entered into our annual costume contest. The best costume will be awarded with a $20 BlueZone gift card!

Winners will be announced on our BlueZone Facebook page. “Like” us on Facebook to vote for your favorite costume!

Don’t forget to join us for an all-employee meeting tomorrow (Thursday), Oct. 31, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium!

Our theme is “Halloween,” which will include the serving of special food: mini “spider web” brownie cupcakes, “mummy” sausages with two mustard dipping sauces, and “creepy crawly” citrus punch.

At the Portland Center, we will have a live video feed and also serve “creepy mystery treats” in Room 160.

Here is the agenda …

Welcome
Rob Westervelt

Employee of the Month

Christ in Everything
Video of Faith and Service

Devotional
Shelley Yonemura

Achieving the Vision
Doug Beatty: NACCAP and National Student Clearing House Results

Rob Felton: Unmasking the First-year Undergraduate and Graduate Student Surveys

Putting Students First
Bill Buhrow: Unmasking the new “Student Success Center”

Innovating to Improve Outcomes
Brenda Morton: Innovative New Grant to Improve Schools

Ted Allen – Home Improvement: The George Fox Edition

Living the Promise
Robin Baker: Delivering the Promise to Alumni

Closing Prayer
Sarah Baldwin

The Redeeming Life group is meeting tonight (Wednesday) from 7 to 8 p.m. in the second-floor lounge of Hoover (religious studies lounge).

For many people, October to January is the best of the year (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, etc.). For others, however – such as those battling an eating disorder, or what is even more common, disordered eating – the holiday months are the most challenging times of the year. This is why Redeeming Life is here. We offer support and encouragement through the struggles as well as the victories on the road to recovery.

Know that you are not alone. Hope, healing and freedom is possible. Come as you are and know that you are loved, accepted and free.

Questions? Contact Annie Stewart at estewart11@georgefox.edu.

“Praise the Lord o my soul, who redeems your life from the pit …”– Psalm 103

Be sure to tell students interested in journalism careers that Christine Souders from the Pulitzer School of Journalism at Columbia University will meet with students and faculty in the Executive Dining Room from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday). Lunch will be provided!

Registration is required. Students can click here to register on Bruin Careers. Any questions can be directed to Sidney Tafflinger at stafflinger@georgefox.edu.

The College of Business invites the university community to hear Tom Mears, chairman of The Holland, Inc., parent company to Burgerville, today (Wednesday), from 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. in Hoover 105. The presentation will be followed by a talk-back session from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Mears is the driving force behind Burgerville’s mission-led philosophy of “Serve with Love.” His visit is a part of the College of Business’ Executive in Residence program.

Questions? Contact Becky Jensen at rjensen@georgefox.edu.

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There are a number of reserved parking spots around campus reserved for certain departments that need to unload goods, work off-hours, or come and go off campus frequently. Please do NOT park in these parking spots, even if it is just “for a minute,” or “I’m late for class!”

This also applies to the three 10-minute spots by Mail Services that are just for running in and grabbing your mail, or for pick-up of heavy packages. They are not for parking for classes in Ross, Minthorn or Brougher. Three additional spots have now been freed up for visitors only by the Security House in the Stevens lot. If you are a staff or student, please keep our visitor rows empty!

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

– Security Services

Join the First Year Seminar program and others in the George Fox community as we consider God’s boundless compassion for others and for us. Polly Peterson, visiting assistant professor of English, will lead our discussion on the book Tattoos on the Heart from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. tonight (Monday), in Hoover 105.

Know students interested in attending a professional health program after George Fox? Are they pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, pre-veterinary, pre-physical therapy, pre-optometry, pre-pharmacy, etc.? If so, encourage them to attend a pre-professional information meeting Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 5:30 p.m. in EHS 125.

The topics covered at the meeting will include admission requirements, the application process, and resources available to students at George Fox. This meeting is an annual event, so they may not need to attend if they’ve done so before. New interested students should plan on it!

Students can contact Jane Sweet at jsweet@georgefox.edu or John Schmitt at jschmitt@georgefox.edu if they have questions. If they are not able to attend, but consider themselves a pre-professional health student, they should contact Jane so that they are added to the pre-professional health student contact group.

Would you like to carry a flag representing your cultural heritage in the Nov. 13 chapel to open Cultural Celebration Week? If so, please fill out this form. Please sign up by Monday, Nov. 4.

The Parade of Flags is a colorful and exciting way we recognize the different cultures and countries represented at George Fox. If you volunteer, we will provide the flag and contact you with more details.

Who may carry a flag? Anyone who is from another country, lived in another country, was a missionary in another country, or has a cultural heritage from another country. It is a great way to show pride in your culture!

Questions? Contact Dianna McIntyre (dmcintyre@georgefox.edu).

On Tuesday, Nov. 12, from 4 to 6 p.m., the university will host a Cultural Fair in the Bruin Den – and we’d love to have you participate! The Cultural Fair will feature students from Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas sharing something about their own culture (food, displays, clothing, games, etc.).

If you would like to share your culture at the Cultural Fair, please complete this form. We can reimburse you up to $50 for costs you may incur by presenting at the Cultural Fair.

We are having a Cultural Fair information meeting on Thursday, Oct. 31, at 12:30 p.m. in the International Center/Cultural House. You are invited to come and get more details.

Contact Dianna McIntyre (dmcintyre@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.

Join us for the Liberal Arts and Critical Issues lecture tonight (Monday), when Liber Aguiar, pastor of Montavilla Baptist Ministerio Hispano, speaks from 7 to 8 p.m. in Hoover 105. The presentation ties into our the theme “State of the World.”

Aguiar will speak on “Missionary Work: The Old Model is Always New.” The same session is presented from 4:40 to 5:40 p.m.; however, it is recommended that the general public attend the evening session, if possible.

Questions? Contact Paul Otto at ext. 2676 or potto@georgefox.edu.

Did you miss our play The House of Bernarda Alba last week? Well, you still have a chance to see it! The show runs again in Wood-Mar Auditorium Thursday, Oct. 31, through Sunday, Nov. 3, with all shows scheduled for 7:30 p.m. with the exception of the 2 p.m. Sunday matinee. Don’t miss out on this beautiful show!

Synopsis: Immediately following her husband’s death, Bernarda Alba orders her five daughters to observe an eight-year mourning period in which none of them will leave the house. The young women do their best to obey their mother, but when the handsome Pepe el Romano arrives on the scene the young womens’ desire to honor their mother’s tradition is set against their yearning for freedom.

Originally written as a critique of the rise of fascism in 1936, The House of Bernarda Alba addresses themes of sexual repression, fear of change, and serves as a powerful metaphor for those who yearn for freedom from confining ideals.

The play is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

Employees are entitled to one complimentary ticket each. Additional tickets are available for purchase at this site, by calling the Box Office at 503-554-3844, or by going over to Pennington House.

If you are on the Newberg campus tomorrow (Tuesday), please join your colleagues for all-employee lunch in the Cap & Gown Room. Lunch costs $3 and will be served between 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. so that you can come and go as your schedule permits.

Christine Souders from the Pulitzer School of Journalism at Columbia University will meet with students and faculty in the Executive Dining Room from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 31.

Encourage students interested in journalism to attend. Lunch will be provided!

Registration is required. Students can click here to register on Bruin Careers. Any questions can be directed to Sidney Tafflinger at stafflinger@georgefox.edu.

The Spiritual Life House has books by Scot McKnight left over from the ReGeneration Forum. Before we ship them back to the publisher on Friday, Nov. 1, we are able to offer the following titles at a 30 percent discount (a better-than-Amazon discount).

The Jesus Creed: Loving God, Loving Others (regular price $16.99; discounted price $11.89; 18 copies available)
The Jesus Creed for Students (regular price $13.99; discounted price $9.79; 10 copies available)
40 Days Living the Jesus Creed (regular price $15.99; discounted price $11.19; 10 copies available)
The Jesus Creed DVD (regular price $34.99; discounted price $24.49; two copies available)
The Jesus Creed for Students DVD (regular price $39.99; discounted price $27.99; two copies available)

Interested in reserving a copy? Email Sierra Neiman at sneiman@georgefox.edu, and pick it up anytime between now and Friday, Nov. 1, at the Spiritual Life House. Please make checks payable to George Fox University.

The BlueZone Store invites you to “like” our page on Facebook page.

You will be the first to know about special sales and events at the BlueZone Store. We post special online codes to receive additional discounts from our web store. We also offer secret sales for our Facebook fans!