The Daily Bruin

Save the date! The university’s third annual Dalton Lecture will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. Due to the popularity of this lecture series, the event is moving to Bauman Auditorium.

The lecture title is “The Big Bang, Stephen Hawking and God” and will be presented by Dr. Henry F. Schaefer III, the director of the Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry at University of Georgia, a world-renowned chemist, and a Christian. Chapel credit will be given.

Dr. Schaefer will provide a second lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. This scientific, but lighthearted, lecture is entitled, “Third Age of Quantum Chemistry.”

The Dalton Lecture Series is sponsored by the Department of Biology and Chemistry. More information can be found on this page or by e-mailing Jane Sweet at jsweet@georgefox.edu.

If you are a benefits-eligible employee and there is any possibility that you will use tuition remission during the 2013-14 academic year (fall, spring and/or summer semesters), whether for yourself, a spouse, and/or dependent(s), a Tuition Remission Request Form for each person needs to be submitted no later than Friday, Feb. 1.

Please go to this page for the link to instructions for completing the Tuition Remission Request Form(s) and to the forms themselves. Please be sure to read this information before you begin completing a Tuition Remission Request Form.

Do you know of a student looking for employment? Development has openings for student employment with evening hours. The phonathon team is looking for new team members to join us starting in early February.

Phonathon team members serve as ambassadors of George Fox by establishing and maintaining a connection to the university with its constituents (alumni, parents and friends of George Fox). Comprehensive training will be provided.

Members build their resume with skills in negotiation, customer service, relationship building, and working in a team environment. We are located in Coyote Place, one mile off campus, and reliable transportation is required — rain or shine!

Let your students know to apply through Bruin Careers and look for position ID #457: Phonathon Team Member.

The deadline to apply is Jan. 31.

For more information, contact Mandria Montplaisir, director of annual giving, at mmontplaisir@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2116.

Join us for a Super Bowl-themed staff lunch on Friday, Jan. 25, at noon in the Cap and Gown Room. Our menu features chicken nachos with all the trimmings, salad and cookies.

As part of the festivities, we’ll be asking for three enthusiastic volunteers to test their Super Bowl knowledge in a Jeopardy-style trivia game.

The cost is $3. See you there!

Fox Express will be bringing Slick’s Big Time BBQ again to the home basketball games this weekend (Jan. 18 & 19)! There will be a variety of food items, including pulled-pork sliders smothered in Slick’s signature barbecue sauce, smoked beef sliders with gluten-free whiskey barbecue sauce, and so much more.

Come support the team while enjoying great food for only $3 to $6! If you have any questions, please contact Meng Dong (mdong11@georgefox.edu).

Due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, Jan. 21, both the Bruin Den and Villa Cafe will be closed that day. They will resume their normal hours on Tuesday.

The hours of service in Klages for students on meal plans will also change slightly this weekend. Please note the following changes:

• Saturday and Sunday: breakfast 8-10 a.m., brunch 10 a.m.-1 p.m., dinner 4:30-6:30 p.m.
• Monday: breakfast 8-10 a.m. and lunch 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Normal hours of operation resume with dinner on Monday.

Eight-hundred regular and student employees have given consent to receive their W-2s online. If you are not among these, please consider doing so no later than 10 a.m. this Friday, Jan. 18. There are several advantages:

• It will be available to you sooner
• It will be accessible to you in MyGFU (self service) when you are ready to print it. If you should misplace it after your print it, you won’t have to pay $5 for a replacement copy. You simply reprint it.
• It will save the university the time and expense of purchasing and stuffing paper W-2 forms and envelopes.

Here is how you give your consent; it should take you only about 30 seconds:

1. Log in to http://mygfu.georgefox.edu
2. From the menu at left, select “Self Service”
3. Select “Payroll and Compensation”
4. Select W-2/W-2c Consent
5. Read the statement and check the box to give consent
6. Enter your GFU password as a confirmation of your identity and click “Continue”
7. Click “OK”

You’ll receive a confirmation e-mail of your decision shortly after completing this process.

Tickets are available for employees to attend the Portland Renovation & Remodeling Show scheduled Friday through Sunday, Jan. 25-27, at the Portland Memorial Coliseum. This event features hundreds of exhibits with home improvement experts available to show attendees what is new for building, remodeling, decorating and landscaping homes.

Employees can pick up two tickets each ($8 total value) at the Information Services Desk in the Stevens Center. Children under 18 are free. Portland employees can request tickets by e-mailing Barbi Doran. Visit this link for vendor coupons for the event.

Would you please take a moment to review this brief “position announcement” and share this opportunity with anyone you know that might provide a good fit?

This temporary full-time professional is needed to assist with the spring (February-April) workload in Career Services and will have responsibility to:

• Counsel students seeking internship and job search guidance
• Assist director in managing Optimal Resume online reviews
• Provide administrative lead to First Avenue Career Expo preparation
• Connect with employers seeking relationship and information
• Supervise intern who is working on OLAPC First Avenue Career Expo and the Healthcare Fair
• Support current programming and plan and coordinate healthcare fair
• Assist with software
• Teach online course, depending on registrations

We are seeking someone who is familiar with George Fox and the Career Services office/functions and can “hit the ground running.” A bachelor’s degree with career-related experience is required; master’s degree is preferred. Also needed is a high level of technology proficiency and basic career development knowledge.

Please direct interested individuals to submit a letter, resume and application to Human Resources no later than next Friday, Jan. 25. Materials can be sent via fax (503-554-2186), e-mail to hr@georgefox.edu, U.S. Mail, or dropped off in HR. Applications can be found at this link.

If you have tickets for the Oregon Symphony performance on Friday, Jan. 18, and find that you will not be able to use them, please return the tickets to the box office as soon as possible.

We have a wait list of those who are hoping to receive any tickets turned in. Tickets can be turned in at the box office up until 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 18, or at the door of Bauman Auditorium the evening of the event.

Thank you,
Mary Monahan (mmonahan@georgefox.edu)

We’re looking for 53 extras for a student film. The film, Timothy TrueLove’s Date With Destiny, is in the style of Wes Anderson films such as Moonrise Kingdom and The Royal Tannenbaums, as well as the film Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.

Needed:

• 15 extras 30 years and older to play a hard, cynical crowd at a comedy club
• 15 extras to look like hipster college students
• Six girls to swoon over a body builder
• Five to six people dressed up for a fancy restaurant
• Five to six people dressed in vintage 1950s-looking attire
• Two girls to be friends with one of the lead characters
• Three extras for a scene at the park
• We are also looking for a scrawny, pre-teen to play a cop (this will be a minor speaking role)

There will be an open casting call this Monday,  Jan. 21, from 10 a.m. to noon in the Media Communications Center (across the street from Lemmons).

If you would like to be an extra for this film, or if you have any further questions, please contact Sarah Bartolome at sbartolome11@georgefox.edu.

Need tennis balls? Come and get them for free in the upper lobby of the Wheeler Sports Center. We have boxes of used tennis balls that have used up their competitive life and are ready for the next phase.

Take a whole box or bring a sack and load up. Your dog will love you for it and so will we.

The Health & Counseling Center has a limited number of flu shots available for employees and students. It is an especially bad flu season this year, so get one while it’s still available!

Please call the Health Center at 503-554-2340 to schedule an appointment ($15).

A beginning guitar class and private guitar lessons are being offered this spring at George Fox. Get credit while learning to play the guitar!

Here are the details:

• The Beginning Guitar Class is offered for those new to the guitar who want to learn in a fun group setting (Tuesdays/Thursdays 9:40-10:30 a.m.). Learn to play popular folk, rock and worship songs while learning to jam with others and read music. This class is designed to be fun! MUSI 250-A
• Private Lessons/Applied Guitar is offered to bring your playing to the next level. Whether you are an absolute beginner or a seasoned player, all levels are welcome. Learn in a relaxed one-on-one setting with an experienced teacher. All styles are covered, including jazz, blues, rock, worship, folk, etc. MUSA 105/305 GT

Lessons are taught by George Fox guitar professor Dave Iula (daveiula.com). E-mail Dave with questions or for more info: daveiula1@gmail.com.

In reviewing your department expenses, you will notice credit card charges being posted to a new account: 52009 – Advance Clearing. Charges are being temporarily posted to this account to make sure the expenses are included in the proper month.

These charges will be moved to their normal expense accounts in subsequent months.

In the spring of 2012, the university conducted a campus-wide assessment on how our undergraduate students think the institution is doing in the area of ethnic and gender diversity. This link will take you to a summary of the undergraduate results.

If you have any questions, please contact Joel Pérez at ext. 2305.

FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, Jan. 29, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have questions, please contact the IT Service Desk.

Today (Wednesday) is the last day to register to serve on Monday, Jan. 21, to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, dream, and the change he sparked in our nation.

We will meet in the Stevens Center parking lot at 6:30 a.m. and bus to Concordia together for the rally and service. We’ll arrive back on campus around 4 p.m.

You can register at this link.

Contact Shelley Yonemura (syonemura@georgefox.edu) or Amber Nelson (nelsona@georgefox.edu) with questions.

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

Are you interested in seeing Oregon Ballet Theatre’s performance of Swan Lake (Feb. 16) or Broadway Across America’s performance of War Horse (Feb. 27)? It’s not too late to get discounted tickets for both of these shows!

Visit broadway.georgefox.edu or contact Mary Monahan at 503.554.2134. Swan Lake tickets are $62 each, which is 45 percent off the retail price of $114. War Horse tickets are $47 each. All seats are in the middle three sections of the first balcony.

Tonight (Tuesday) at Shalom we invite you to come watch and discuss a documentary called “In Search of Shalom: White People in Reconciliation.”

The documentary explores the experiences of both white and non-white students at Christian universities, but emphasizes how white people can better enter into racial reconciliation.

As usual, Shalom will meet in the Cap and Gown Room at 9 p.m.