The Daily Bruin

George Fox theatre’s spring show opens next week! Come see the premiere of The Broken, a play written by director Rhett Luedtke and various GFU students.

The process of creating and writing The Broken began in October with a group of nine students under Rhett’s direction. They started with the image of a fortified, barbed-wire fence in a foreign country with a middle-aged Bible translator standing on one side of the fence with a machete in his hand and, on the other side, a native of the country also wielding a machete.

Based on some true stories of missions work in Papua New Guinea, the show has come full circle after more than 400 hours of work and will culminate in a world premiere that includes 30-plus students as actors, designers, consultants, stage managers and tech crew members under Rhett’s direction.

Play Synopsis: The Broken follows the intersecting stories of four individuals in Papua New Guinea as they navigate the sometimes conflicting beliefs and ideals of the Western and native cultures in the country.

Come for a time of thought-provoking theatre and explore questions of modern ideology in third-world culture.

Show Dates: The show runs April 12-14 and April 19-21 at 7:30 p.m. and April 22 at 2 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium. Tickets can be purchased online at theatre.georgefox.edu or by calling 503-554-3844. University employees each get one complimentary ticket for the performance of their choice, and George Fox students each get one complimentary ticket for either of the Thursday night performances. Comp tickets can be picked up at the box office.

Note: The box office is now located on the first floor of the Stevens Center at the information desk. Box office hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Online tickets can be purchased at any time.

How would you like to simultaneously contribute to the arts and see an exciting new show for free? My name is Susan Carlson, and Jenn Lippert and I are the house managers for the upcoming main-stage play The Broken. We still need ushers. There are lots of openings left; sign up for any day(s) you like. No experience is necessary, and you will get free admission.

If you would like to join or if you have any questions, please contact me at scarlson10@georgefox.edu. Let me know what day(s) you want to do. Here are the performance dates and times. You will need to show up about an hour before showtime (we’ll give you an exact time later).

• Thursday, April 12, 7:30 p.m.
• Friday April 13, 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, April 14, 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday, April 19, 7:30 p.m.
• Friday, April 20, 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, April 21, 7:30 p.m.
• Sunday, April 22, 2 p.m.

April is here already, so it is time to think about nominating a colleague for April’s Employee of the Month award for 2012. If you know of someone whose recent contributions make him or her worthy of this honor, please take a few minutes to send an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg that includes a specific summary of the person’s contributions (past 30 days or so) and any other information that you believe makes this person deserving of this award.

The winner will be recognized and awarded a $100 gift card to The Allison at our community meeting on April 24. (March’s winner will be recognized at our April 5 community meeting.)

Saturday, March 31, noon – Softball vs. Pacific, DH (Morse Field)
Sunday, April 1, noon – Softball vs. Pacific, DH (Morse Field)

For more information, call the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.

All Newberg, Portland, Boise, Salem and Redmond offices will be closed tomorrow (Friday, March 30), for the spring break holiday. All libraries and bookstores will be closed as well.

How would you like to simultaneously contribute to the arts and see an exciting new show for free? My name is Susan Carlson, and Jenn Lippert and I are the house managers for the upcoming main-stage play The Broken. We need ushers. No experience is necessary, and you will get free admission.

If you would like to join or if you have any questions, please contact me at scarlson10@georgefox.edu. Let me know what day(s) you want to do. Here are the performance dates and times. You will need to show up about an hour before showtime (we’ll give you an exact time later).

• Thursday, April 12, 7:30 p.m.
• Friday April 13, 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, April 14, 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday, April 19, 7:30 p.m.
• Friday, April 20, 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, April 21, 7:30 p.m.
• Sunday, April 22, 2 p.m.

Nominations for Support Staff Member of the Year and Administrator of the Year for 2011-12 will be accepted through Friday, April 13.

If you have any colleagues you believe are deserving of this award, please take a few minutes to submit a nomination. Links to a memo about the nomination process and criteria, the nomination form, and the list eligible employees can be found at the top of the Payroll and Performance Forms page of the HR website.

Using the nomination form is optional. Nominations can also be submitted in an e-mail to Peggy Kilburg (pkilburg@georgefox.edu).

During spring break the custodial department drops to 13 full-time staff and cleans the entire Newberg campus without the assistance of our work- study students. As a result, we will be reducing the regular cleaning schedule for offices and other services in most public buildings for this week.

If, however, you feel there is cleaning that we have overlooked that needs to be done in your building this week, please e-mail me at dastlefo@georgefox.edu and I will get someone to take care of it as soon as possible.

Thank you,
Dwayne Astleford, Plant Services

Don’t forget to submit your design for our new Bruin mascot! Submissions are due Monday, April 2, at 5 p.m. The contest open to students, alumni, faculty and staff. The winner(s) will receive a cash prize!

More information and submission forms are available outside ASC offices in the SUB or on the ASC website by clicking “Resources.” Once you’ve clicked that tab, you’ll see a “Mascot Contest PDF Entry Form” in the bottom left-hand corner of the page.

Send submissions to: GFU ASC, 414 N. Meridian St. Box A, Newberg, OR 97132 or to Emily Jordan at ejordan08@georgefox.edu.

Sign up today for Run for Romania! Run for Romania will be held at 9 a.m. on Sunday, April 22, at the Newberg campus track. It is a 5K walk that will benefit the June Serve team’s trip to Romania and Moldova this summer.

June Serve is a group of George Fox students and faculty that will partner with the organization Word Made Flesh, which seeks to serve Jesus amongst the poorest of the poor in Romania and Moldova.

Registration is $30 for adults and $15 for children (12 and under). To register, go to this link.

If you know a deserving student who fits the requirements for the Multicultural Returnee Scholarship, encourage them to apply!

This brand-new scholarship will be awarded starting in the fall of 2012. Four $2,500-per-year renewable scholarships will be given to returnee students who meet the following requirements:

• Considered a domestic undergraduate student
• Actively involved in leadership at GFU
• Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above
• Willingness to be engaged in diversity requirements

To qualify, students must not already be on a multicultural scholarship (any that partner with George Fox; students are to check with Shelley Yonemura if there are questions). The following must be submitted to student life no later than Wednesday, April 4, at 5 p.m.:

• Two copies of a printed leadership resume that includes the following:
  • Tell us what makes the student qualified as a Multicultural Leadership Scholar
  • Cumulative GPA
  • Two names of GFU faculty/staff that would recommend the student

An e-mail will be sent to inform those who make it to the second round. Round Two will take place on Thursday, April 12, from 5 to 8 p.m.

Questions? Contact Shelley Yonemura, director of Multicultural Student Programs, in STV 327 or a syonemura@georgefox.edu.

George Fox’s three-game Northwest Conference baseball series with Whitman, originally scheduled at home this weekend, has been moved to the new Hilken Community Stadium at Concordia University in Portland due to wet conditions at the Bruins’ Morse Field.

Saturday, March 24, noon – Baseball vs. Whitman, DH (at Concordia)
Saturday, March 25, noon – Baseball vs. Whitman (at Concordia)

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit gfubruins.com.

The Fitness Center will be closed the duration of spring break. It will close at 4 p.m. Friday, March 23, and not reopen until 6 a.m. on Monday, April 2.

Questions? Contact Patty Findley at pfindley@georgefox.edu.

Mark your calendars: An all-employee meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 5, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. The session will include progress reports from our innovation team chairs.

For those at the university’s regional sites, the meeting will be available at a stream site that you can access from MyGFU. Simply log into MyGFU and click the “Community Meeting Link” located under “Staff Resources/Faculty Resources.” It is the bottom link in that section.

In addition, a chat room has been set up, and a video recording of the meeting will be available for viewing in the days following the meeting at itunesu.georgefox.edu.

Dear Student Supervisors,

Please use this reminder checklist now as you prepare to send your March time sheets to HR:

• 3 p.m. on the third business day of the month is the deadline for time sheets (looking ahead: April 4 at 3 p.m). If your student employees are not working over spring break, I would appreciate them earlier.
• Late time sheets: Please include a note explaining why it’s late
• Timesheets must be:
  • Totaled by you
  • Checked for a.m./p.m. errors (correct them)
  • Signed by you
  • Check the dates: Are the dates listed for the correct month?
  • Legible with student name and ID number
  • Checked for six-hour shifts: Note meal period in start-stop times or initial and OK by you (this should be an exception, not the rule)

To ensure that we get the time sheets on time, please hand deliver them to HR. You can ask a student employee to deliver the time sheets to us as long as you first put them in a sealed envelope (keeps us in legal compliance). The only exception to this rule is the Portland Center – please scan or fax your time sheets first, then drop the originals in the mail.

Thank you for working with me to ensure a timely and accurate payroll for our students.

Melodee Powers, HR

On Monday, April 9, 180 seniors in the Liberal Arts and Critical Issues Program will present their research on Christians and American Culture from noon to 4 p.m. in EHS and Hoover.

As part of this, we need a number of judges to help evaluate the projects. This will take about an hour. Each judge will get a chance to talk to our seniors, and we provide a small “thank you” gift. We would love judges from the faculty, staff and administration. No experience is necessary. We provide all the judging materials.

If you would be interested in doing this or have any questions, please contact Caitlin Corning (ccorning@georgefox.edu or ext. 2673).

To be successful in the new world of work, we need to create a structure for capturing, clarifying and organizing all the forces that assail us, and to ensure time and space for thinking, reflecting and decision making.

In the New York Times article “When Office Technology Overwhelms, Get Organized,” David Allen provides five actions to help optimize focus and resources. Read the article at the Employee Council site, and while you’re there, add a comment about a remarkable employee you work with (see the “8 Qualities of Remarkable Employees” article) and read about some of the remarkable employees we have.

Please help out the Bruin Directory staff by answering this short questionnaire. If you have already filled this out, then please do not feel the need to fill it out again. Your input is very valuable as it helps us determine the future of the Bruin Directory.

Thank you for your help!

Come worship and hear a message in Spanish this Friday! We will meet from 10:40 to 11:30 a.m. in Hoover 105. Chapel credit is provided.

The International Club is again hosting a Chinese language class tonight (Thursday) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the International House/Cultural Center. All are welcome!

We will spend the first 30 minutes getting to know each other and reviewing what we have learned in our previous class. The main learning time is from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m, so if you can’t make it until then you won’t miss class time. Free snacks will be provided.

I hope to see you there. I enjoyed the company of each of you last time.

Yali He (yhe11@georgefox.edu)